Post by shadowdragon on Jun 11, 2015 3:24:36 GMT
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, which are thought to be captured asteroids. Both satellites were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall and are named after the characters Phobos (panic/fear) and Deimos (terror/dread) who, in Greek mythology, accompanied their father Ares, god of war, into battle. Ares was known as Mars to the Romans. It is possible that Mars may have moons smaller than 50–100 meters and a dust ring between Phobos and Deimos, but none have been discovered.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars
To wrap up the Inner Solar system aside from the Asteroid Belt, Near Earth Asteroids and comets venturing into it, I give you Phobos and Deimos!
This overlay contains:
1 Mega Resolution Overlay of Phobos
Viking/Mars Express/MRO
5 High Resolution Overlays of Phobos
Shaded Relief
Bright Areas seen by Viking and Phobos 2
Viking and Phobos 2 Photomosaic
Mariner 9 Photomosaic
2 Low Resolution overlays of Phobos
Mars Express Topography
Viking Topography
1 Super Resolution Overlay of Deimos
Mariner 9/Viking/MRO
1 High Resolution Overlay of Deimos
Mariner 9 Photomosaic
2 Low Resolution Overlays of Deimos
Topography
Shaded Relief
Place names from the IAU for both bodies
Along with a few photos of some areas on them from NASA.
Like the Venus overlay the maps may take a little bit to load
Also because Google Earth projects images on a sphere the maps may look distorted a little, this is supposed to happen because Phobos and Deimos are not round.
With the completion of the inner Solar System (with help from Google and NASA/JPL on Earth, Moon, Mars, and Mercury) I am now working on the Jovian System.
If all goes well with this project, I could end up with over 50 mapped objects in the Solar System, well over a 100 maps and thousands of places, making it a real Grand Tour.
I am not sure what to call such since super-overlay is the name of a tool and I refer to some as mega overlays instead. No one has done this before on so many bodies in the Solar System. I guess the term "Grand Tour Overlay" would be fitting after the Voyager 2 moniker.
2020 Update: Added mega resolution overlay of Phobos since I can now add overlays up to 16K as well as Viking topographic maps of them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Mars
To wrap up the Inner Solar system aside from the Asteroid Belt, Near Earth Asteroids and comets venturing into it, I give you Phobos and Deimos!
Martian Moons.kmz (12.63 KB)
1 Mega Resolution Overlay of Phobos
Viking/Mars Express/MRO
5 High Resolution Overlays of Phobos
Shaded Relief
Bright Areas seen by Viking and Phobos 2
Viking and Phobos 2 Photomosaic
Mariner 9 Photomosaic
2 Low Resolution overlays of Phobos
Mars Express Topography
Viking Topography
1 Super Resolution Overlay of Deimos
Mariner 9/Viking/MRO
1 High Resolution Overlay of Deimos
Mariner 9 Photomosaic
2 Low Resolution Overlays of Deimos
Topography
Shaded Relief
Place names from the IAU for both bodies
Along with a few photos of some areas on them from NASA.
Like the Venus overlay the maps may take a little bit to load
Also because Google Earth projects images on a sphere the maps may look distorted a little, this is supposed to happen because Phobos and Deimos are not round.
Phobos with Stickney crater to the left
Deimos and it's relatively smooth surface
If all goes well with this project, I could end up with over 50 mapped objects in the Solar System, well over a 100 maps and thousands of places, making it a real Grand Tour.
I am not sure what to call such since super-overlay is the name of a tool and I refer to some as mega overlays instead. No one has done this before on so many bodies in the Solar System. I guess the term "Grand Tour Overlay" would be fitting after the Voyager 2 moniker.
2020 Update: Added mega resolution overlay of Phobos since I can now add overlays up to 16K as well as Viking topographic maps of them.