Comments on: An unusual view of the Death Star moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ian Regan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334034 Ian Regan Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:33:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334034 Thanks for a great write up Phil! Thanks for a great write up Phil!

]]> By: ND http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334033 ND Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:02:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334033 Matt B ++ Matt B ++

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334032 Matt B. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:27:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334032 I love the depth of the craters. It gives the craters some shadows. ;) I love the depth of the craters. It gives the craters some shadows. ;)

]]> By: ND http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334031 ND Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:14:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334031 I love the shadows in the craters. They give the craters some depth. I love the shadows in the craters. They give the craters some depth.

]]> By: Jon Hanford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334030 Jon Hanford Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:01:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334030 Matt B.: "I’d need an embiggenable equatorial view of the back side to compare." Would this work?...... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mimas_map_PIA_12780.jpg/1280px-Mimas_map_PIA_12780.jpg I can see several E-W grooves in the equatorial region between 240 and 330 degrees longitude on Mimas. Maybe these are related to the formation of Herschel and similar to the grooved terrain on Phobos sometimes attributed to the formation of Stickney(although a recent Mars Express study suggests otherwise): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickney_%28crater%29 Matt B.:

“I’d need an embiggenable equatorial view of the back side to compare.”

Would this work?…… http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mimas_map_PIA_12780.jpg/1280px-Mimas_map_PIA_12780.jpg

I can see several E-W grooves in the equatorial region between 240 and 330 degrees longitude on Mimas. Maybe these are related to the formation of Herschel and similar to the grooved terrain on Phobos sometimes attributed to the formation of Stickney(although a recent Mars Express study suggests otherwise): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickney_%28crater%29

]]> By: Mike Sperry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334029 Mike Sperry Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:47:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334029 Don't be too proud of this geological terror you've discovered. The ability to orbit a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force. Don’t be too proud of this geological terror you’ve discovered. The ability to orbit a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334028 Matt B. Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334028 I'm also seeing a latitudinal trench in the polar view. It resembles the grooves on other moons and asteroids that make one think that boulders have rolled over them. The groove should be at about 45 degrees north. I'd need an embiggenable equatorial view of the back side to compare. I’m also seeing a latitudinal trench in the polar view. It resembles the grooves on other moons and asteroids that make one think that boulders have rolled over them. The groove should be at about 45 degrees north. I’d need an embiggenable equatorial view of the back side to compare.

]]> By: Newbs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334027 Newbs Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:20:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334027 That's no moon, it's a... oh wait. Two other dudes have made this joke already. Damn. That’s no moon, it’s a… oh wait. Two other dudes have made this joke already. Damn.

]]> By: Jimbeau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334026 Jimbeau Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334026 I'm wondering if the "ripples" visible on the surface were caused by shock waves from the impact that formed the crater. I’m wondering if the “ripples” visible on the surface were caused by shock waves from the impact that formed the crater.

]]> By: TechyDad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/21/an-unusual-view-of-the-death-star-moon/#comment-334025 TechyDad Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:04:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50621#comment-334025 That's no moon... It's a space sta- wait, I was wrong. It *is* a moon. Sorry. Carry on. That’s no moon… It’s a space sta- wait, I was wrong. It *is* a moon. Sorry. Carry on.

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