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Pages: 1 smallscopefanLeo sage Reged: 01/23/11 Loc: L.A., CA (& Home Plate, Mars!) Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos!       #5664536 - 02/06/13 12:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I can't explain why but I just want one!! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Globe_of_Phobos.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_%28moon%29 ) Youtube video taken by Opportunity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHDH7cKX_SA "The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, transits (passes in front of) the sun in this approximately true-speed movie simulation using images from the panoramic camera. Post Extras:       BobinKy Post Laureate Reged: 04/27/07 Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: smallscopefanLeo]       #5664588 - 02/06/13 02:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   They do look special! Post Extras:       RLTYS Post Laureate Reged: 12/18/04 Loc: New York (Long Island) Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: smallscopefanLeo]       #5664682 - 02/06/13 06:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Certinly different. I can see why you would want one. Rich (RLTYS) Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: RLTYS]       #5664766 - 02/06/13 08:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   P.M. me for my article on Mapping the Moons of Mars and more info on the 1:60,000 scale Phobos "globe" made by scientific modeller Ralph J.Turner, Rock Creek Experimental Station – Oregon, using 25 Mariner 9 photo records. Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: PhilCo126]       #5664973 - 02/06/13 10:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   THAT would be sweet!! Post Extras:       alancygnusx2 professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/08 Loc: CA Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: smallscopefanLeo]       #5665421 - 02/06/13 02:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The phobos globe is very cool. I recently acquired the S+T Mars globe, which is 12" diameter, I think it will be easier to use than a standard map as a reference when viewing mars. Does anyone know where to obtain software that can convert a standard map into gores to print out and make your own globes? Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: alancygnusx2]       #5666077 - 02/06/13 09:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: The phobos globe is very cool. I recently acquired the S+T Mars globe, which is 12" diameter, I think it will be easier to use than a standard map as a reference when viewing mars. Does anyone know where to obtain software that can convert a standard map into gores to print out and make your own globes? I've seen the files already created somewhere online; I think it was here: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/GIS_Downloads What I saw was specifically made for making a globe. If this isn't it, search for it. It was free. I didn't check now, because of my slow line speed. Post Extras:       alancygnusx2 professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/08 Loc: CA Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: Rick Woods]       #5667151 - 02/07/13 02:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Rick, Thanks for the link, I am not able to open these files initially but will try again later on a different computer. Alan Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: alancygnusx2]       #5667271 - 02/07/13 03:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Alan, Hold the phone, I think this is the one: http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/planetary-maps-and-globes Post Extras:       alancygnusx2 professor emeritus Reged: 11/25/08 Loc: CA Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: Rick Woods]       #5667701 - 02/07/13 07:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Rick-This site looks perfect. Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: alancygnusx2]       #5668361 - 02/08/13 05:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There're some great Phobos globes around and there're even superb asteroid models of 216 Kleopatra, 433 Eros and 4179 Toutatis... A great book with Mars maps: The International Atlas of Mars Exploration: Volume 1, 1953 to 2003: The First Five Decades Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: PhilCo126]       #5668365 - 02/08/13 06:08 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Also check this Phobos model: http://spaceports.blogspot.be/2010/04/aldrin-touts-mars-moon-phobos-to.html Carl Sagan used a superb Phobos globe/model during the Christmas Lecture in 1977: (model at 02.55 in the video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAQG7JxJ87k Post Extras:       smallscopefanLeo sage Reged: 01/23/11 Loc: L.A., CA (& Home Plate, Mars!) Re: Wah! I want a Russian globe of Phobos! [Re: PhilCo126]       #5669147 - 02/08/13 02:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the links! I love seeing those... so many cool models and globes that I had no clue existed. This makes me want a moon globe, and a mars globe, at minimum.. more than ever! (Especially one of those older lunar globes with raised relief on them from the 60's, wow) Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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