Difference between revisions of "March 20, 2004"
| (12 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
=An Unusual View of a Lunar Limb= | =An Unusual View of a Lunar Limb= | ||
| + | <!-- Start of content --> | ||
<table width="640" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="2"> | <table width="640" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="2"> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
| Line 8: | Line 9: | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
<td colspan="2"><div align="center"> | <td colspan="2"><div align="center"> | ||
| − | + | {{HoverImage|LPOD-2004-03-20.jpeg|LPOD-2004-03-20b.jpeg}}</div> | |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
| Line 14: | Line 15: | ||
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="8"> | <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="8"> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
| − | <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm">Image Credit: Galileo, Dec 8, 1990</div></td> | + | <td><div align="center" span class="main_sm"><p>Image Credit: Galileo, Dec 8, 1990</p></div></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
| Line 22: | Line 23: | ||
As the Galileo spacecraft swung by the Earth-Moon system to get a gravitational boost for its long trip to | As the Galileo spacecraft swung by the Earth-Moon system to get a gravitational boost for its long trip to | ||
Jupiter, it imaged the Moon. Most attention was focused on the Full Moon view of | Jupiter, it imaged the Moon. Most attention was focused on the Full Moon view of | ||
| − | [ | + | [[March_18,_2004|Mare Orientale]], visible at top right. No one seems to have paid much |
attention to the craters along the limb and terminator at the bottom of the image. I find it fascinating to try | attention to the craters along the limb and terminator at the bottom of the image. I find it fascinating to try | ||
to identify familiar features when seen with a strange perspective like this. You try. In particular, see if you | to identify familiar features when seen with a strange perspective like this. You try. In particular, see if you | ||
| Line 28: | Line 29: | ||
the limb. Move your mouse over the image for the surprising identifications. </p> | the limb. Move your mouse over the image for the surprising identifications. </p> | ||
<p class="story"><b>Related Links:</b><br> | <p class="story"><b>Related Links:</b><br> | ||
| − | [ | + | [[January_5,_2004|South Polar Wilderness]]</p> |
| − | <p | + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[March 19, 2004|Selenology]] </p> |
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[March 21, 2004|Fold a Moon]] </p> | ||
</td></tr> | </td></tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
| Line 41: | Line 43: | ||
<p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | ||
[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | ||
| − | < | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> |
| − | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> | |
| − | < | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> |
| − | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> | |
| − | < | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> |
| − | + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> | |
| + | <!-- Cleanup of credits --> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<p> </p> | <p> </p> | ||
| − | ---- | + | <!-- End of content --> |
| − | + | {{wiki/ArticleFooter}} | |
| − | |||
Latest revision as of 19:13, 7 February 2015
An Unusual View of a Lunar Limb
|
Image Credit: Galileo, Dec 8, 1990 |
|
An Unusual View of a Lunar Limb As the Galileo spacecraft swung by the Earth-Moon system to get a gravitational boost for its long trip to Jupiter, it imaged the Moon. Most attention was focused on the Full Moon view of Mare Orientale, visible at top right. No one seems to have paid much attention to the craters along the limb and terminator at the bottom of the image. I find it fascinating to try to identify familiar features when seen with a strange perspective like this. You try. In particular, see if you can figure out the name of the large crater at bottom right, or the brighter rimmed one a little further up along the limb. Move your mouse over the image for the surprising identifications. Related Links: Yesterday's LPOD: Selenology Tomorrow's LPOD: Fold a Moon |
|
Author & Editor: |
COMMENTS?
Register, Log in, and join in the comments.
