Basil Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 New photos of Mercury; the best look at that planet we've ever had: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081008.html Those rays (rather like those of Luna's crater Tycho), do indeed look rather like meridians. Was someone starting a global map? Someone... big? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? New photos of Mercury; the best look at that planet we've ever had: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081008.html Those rays (rather like those of Luna's crater Tycho), do indeed look rather like meridians. Was someone starting a global map? Someone... big? I confess. I was trying to make an actual-size globe of mercury and figured "Well, the planet's handy and no-one's ever gonna photograph it..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? Good to know. More useful info (and hopefully more free JPL pics!) when it comes time to re-do SH at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jomster Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? Nice. Some pretty serious craters there! Hmm... come to think of it, you could base a scenario around those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? Nice. Some pretty serious craters there! Hmm... come to think of it, you could base a scenario around those... You want serious craters? I'll give you a serious crater! Actually, the biggest (known) impact crater in the solar system is on... ... ... The Moon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? You want serious craters? I'll give you a serious crater! Go to http://www.usm.maine.edu/planet/DA.html and scroll down to the image of Mimas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? You want serious craters? I'll give you a serious crater! Go to http://www.usm.maine.edu/planet/DA.html and scroll down to the image of Mimas Eh, I'll stick with the better-quality image, thanks all the same. It's more dramatically lit, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jomster Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? You want serious craters? I'll give you a serious crater! "That's no moon, that's a space station." "But it's too big to be a space station. Look at the size of it!" "I have a very strange feeling about this," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? Still waiting on something as appropriate for these boards as Hero Rupes Scarp, from the old Mariner 10 image collection, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: Mercury---ready for mapping? "That's no moon, that's a space station." "But it's too big to be a space station. Look at the size of it!" "I have a very strange feeling about this," Damn, someone referenced Star Wars before I could! The first thing I thought of when I saw that pic was the Death Star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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