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| | =A Smarter Kepler= | | =A Smarter Kepler= |
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| | <p>[[File:Kepler-Smart-LPOD.jpg|Kepler-Smart-LPOD.jpg]]<br /> | | <p>[[File:Kepler-Smart-LPOD.jpg|Kepler-Smart-LPOD.jpg]]<br /> |
| | <em>image by [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMBGLVT0PE_0.html ESA/SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute]</em></p> | | <em>image by [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMBGLVT0PE_0.html ESA/SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute]</em></p> |
| − | <p>ESA continues to release occasional SMART-1 images of the Moon, including this one of the northern two-thirds of Kepler. This image has a resolution of about 150 m, not nearly as good as the Apollo 12 [http://www.lpod.org/?m=20060218 view], but better than the [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?386 Lunar Orbiter IV,] which is over-exposed. As LPOD has said before, Kepler is a pretty standard complex crater of small size. With a diameter of 32 km it’s walls slumped in chaotic landslides, rather than coherently as terraces, as larger complex craters do. The scarp walls of Kepler are too steep for easy driving (about 42°) so if we ever want to visit the inside we will need a space vehicle that can land on the smooth impact melt on the floor. Similar impact melt probably veneers the northern exterior slopes - do you see the patches where it looks less textured. Notice that a little PhotoShop enhancement has brought out many details not visible on the ESA image, but more may be possible. The ESA website includes five nearly overlapping images - a short video. Perhaps a skilled processer of amateur images can use Registax or other software to combine and enhance them, resulting in an even better image! If so send it to me. Thanks.</p> | + | <p>ESA continues to release occasional SMART-1 images of the Moon, including this one of the northern two-thirds of Kepler. This image has a resolution of about 150 m, not nearly as good as the Apollo 12 [[February_18,_2006|view]], but better than the [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?386 Lunar Orbiter IV,] which is over-exposed. As LPOD has said before, Kepler is a pretty standard complex crater of small size. With a diameter of 32 km it’s walls slumped in chaotic landslides, rather than coherently as terraces, as larger complex craters do. The scarp walls of Kepler are too steep for easy driving (about 42°) so if we ever want to visit the inside we will need a space vehicle that can land on the smooth impact melt on the floor. Similar impact melt probably veneers the northern exterior slopes - do you see the patches where it looks less textured. Notice that a little PhotoShop enhancement has brought out many details not visible on the ESA image, but more may be possible. The ESA website includes five nearly overlapping images - a short video. Perhaps a skilled processer of amateur images can use Registax or other software to combine and enhance them, resulting in an even better image! If so send it to me. Thanks.</p> |
| | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> | | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> |
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| | <p><b>Related Links:</b><br /> | | <p><b>Related Links:</b><br /> |
| | Rükl plate 30<br /> | | Rükl plate 30<br /> |
| − | [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-05-01.htm Wes Higgins’ Kepler]</p> | + | [[May_1,_2005|Wes Higgins’ Kepler]]</p> |
| − | <p><i>Now you can support LPOD when you buy any book from Amazon thru [http://www.lpod.org/?page_id=102 LPOD!]</i></p> | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[July 2, 2006|Cleomedes Unveiled]] </p> |
| | + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[July 6, 2006|The Longest Rille]] </p> |
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