| Ultimi arrivi - The Moon through LRO |
LRO-1005-392781main_800_600_NMSU_3_5m_Agile_preimpact_full.jpgLCROSS impacting the Moon64 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumOtt 09, 2009
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LRO-1006-392811main_vlcsnap-2009-10-09-04h20m01s95_full.jpgLCROSS impacting the Moon58 visiteThe LCROSS mission operations team initiated power-up of the LCROSS science payload and saw this view of the Moon.MareKromiumOtt 09, 2009
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LRO-1000-391631-SouthPole.jpgLCROSS Impact Location139 visiteCaption NASA:"About 100 Km from the Lunar South Pole, the about 100 Km wide crater Cabeus is the target for two LCROSS mission spacecraft on course to impact the Moon tomorrow (October, 9th, 2009).
The shadowed crater is strongly foreshortened in this mosaic, a representative view of the Region for earthbound telescopes. The impacts are intended to create billowing debris plumes extending into the sunlight above the Crater Walls, that could reveal signs of water.
First to impact will be the mission's Centaur upper stage rocket at 11:30 UT (07:30 am Eastern Daylight Time - 13:30 Central Europe Time).
The instrumented LCROSS mothership will image the impact and then fly through the resulting debris plume analyzing the material blasted from the crater floor.
Four minutes after the first impact, the LCROSS mothership itself will crash into Cabeus. The plumes are expected to be visible in telescopes about 10" in diameter or larger, with the timing favoring Moon watchers in Western North America and the Pacific. NASA also plans to broadcast live footage from the LCROSS mission on NASA TV starting at 06:15 a.m. EDT - 12:15 CET on October 9, 2009".MareKromiumOtt 08, 2009
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LRO-0007-375109main_lroc_20090730_burgcrater_full.jpgInside Bürg Crater67 visiteBürg is a 40-Km (about 25 miles) diameter, Copernican-aged, complex crater located within Lacus Mortis (the Lake of Death), on the Near-Side of the Moon.
Complex craters, like this one, have terraced walls and a Central Peak (not shown here). The Rim of the crater is along the right side and the walls slope down towards the left of the image.
The terrace is about 3,5 Km (about 2,2 miles) wide and is pockmarked with smaller craters. Terraces form as sections of the Crater wall slump downward after the impact (image width: about 7,9 Km across, roughly 4,9 miles).
Note that there are very few impact craters on the wall of the Crater. Usually fewer craters indicate a surface is younger, however in this case it's simply that material slides down the crater wall's steep slopes, erasing craters.
Note also that LROC, LRO's camera, is powerful enough to see a shadow cast by a boulder about 8 mt wide (about 26 feet) at the contact between the wall and the terrace near the top of the figure.MareKromiumAgo 13, 2009
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LRO-0008-376470main_tsiol438_lr_area.jpgTsiolkovskiy Crater73 visiteThe Far-Side Crater Tsiolkovskiy is one of the most spectacular and unique geologic features on the Moon.
Identified in the first image of the Far-Side, and named after visionary space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy, Tsiolkovskiy Crater (185 Km diameter) has a an irregular (meaning: non-circular) shape, a Central Peak, and is completely filled with mare basalt.
Many geological and geomorphological features can be seen within and around the Crater, making this a particularly interesting place on the Moon to work and study.MareKromiumAgo 13, 2009
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LRO-0009-369230main_apollolandinglocator_full.jpgWhere did we go?!?93 visite...Un utile "Promemoria"...MareKromiumLug 20, 2009
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LRO-0006b-369442main_lroc_apollo15_lrg.jpgMount Hadley: the Apollo 15 Landing Site (edm)97 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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LRO-0007b-369443main_lroc_apollo16_lrg.jpgDescartes Highlands: the Apollo 16 Landing Site (edm)72 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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LRO-0008b-369444main_lroc_apollo17_lrg.jpgTaurus-Littrow Highlands: the Apollo 17 Landing Site (edm)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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LRO-0004a-369441main_lroc_apollo14_lrg.jpgFra Mauro: the Apollo 14 Landing Site (ctx frame)88 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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LRO-0005b-369228main_ap14labeled_540.jpgFra Mauro: the Apollo 14 Landing Site (edm - labeled)67 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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LRO-0006a-369442main_lroc_apollo15_lrg.jpgMount Hadley: the Apollo 15 Landing Site (ctx frame)59 visitenessun commentoMareKromiumLug 19, 2009
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