Titan surface image

Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

In article t,
Informer wrote:
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

Once on the surface it was unable to pan. The imagers are fixed in place
on the craft. On descent it panned because the whole craft slowly spun.
Software timed and predicted the spin and grabbed images as the view
changed.

--
Hud Nordin Silicon Valley

In article t,
says...
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

No, it can't.

--
ICQ 40628243 Tel 07092057581 Fax 07092308800

The probe was designed to rotate during its parachute descent,
providing 360d coverage.

"Informer" wrote in message
k.net...
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought
the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

I think the camera was fixed. The whole probe
was rotating as it hung under the parachute.

George

"Informer" wrote in message
k.net...
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought
the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

The 360 degree pan occured because Huygens was rotating
as it decended. The cameras, however were fixed in place.
When it landed the rotation stopped. Hence, no more pan.

"Peter Harding" wrote in message Was this one
image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

No, it can't.

That sucks!

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:11:46 -0000, George Dishman
wrote:


"Informer" wrote in message
nk.net...
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought
the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

I think the camera was fixed. The whole probe
was rotating as it hung under the parachute.

George


On a related matter, I was expecting to see a few photos at low
altitudes (less than a thousand meters). There was supposed to be a
spotlight to facilitate this. Has anyone seen anything of these?
Were they lost? We seem to go from kilometers high directly to the
'pebbles on the mud'. Disappointing.

Bob Hartwick

How do you get a nitrogen atmosphere from a moon that has methane oceans?


"Informer" wrote in message
k.net...
Was this one image taken from the surface the ONLY one taken? I thought
the
probe could do a 360 degree pan.

Rodney Kelp wrote:

How do you get a nitrogen atmosphere from a moon that has methane oceans?

How do you get a (mostly) nitrogen atmosphere from a planet that has water oceans?

Paul