Post by shadowdragon on Sept 1, 2015 13:52:35 GMT
In the Solar System along with the eight planets there are 5 dwarf planets and countless smaller bodies such as comets and asteroids.
Asteroids are mostly rocky objects smaller than the planets. Most asteroids are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter while some others such as Near Earth Objects and the Jupiter Trojans have different orbits. Notable asteroids include 433 Eros, 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres the latter which is spherical in shape and thus termed a Dwarf Planet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
Similar to asteroids are the Kuiper Belt Objects which orbit mainly beyond the orbit of Neptune and are mostly ice in composition.
Notable KBO's include the dwarf planets Makemake, Haumea, Eris and the most famous, Pluto. Only the Pluto system has been imaged with any detail by Hubble and recently by the New Horizons space probe. Originally considered the ninth planet Pluto was downgraded in 2006 to dwarf planet after the discovery of Kuiper objects of similar size such as Eris. It is the largest of the KBO's.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The coma and tail are much larger and, if sufficiently bright, may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope. Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures. Notable comets include Halley, Tempel 1, and Hale-Bopp.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
This overlay set contains 14 asteroids + an asteroid moon, 6 comets, 2 dwarf planets + a dwarf planet moon. Many of the asteroids and comets look really funny on a sphere because they are not round and were more of just a fun project to do.
Vest and it's huge south polar crater
For the Asteroids
4 overlays of Gaspra +Place names
2 overlays of Ida + Placenames
1 overlay of Dactyl + Placenames
2 overlays of Castalia
2 overlays of Mathilde + Placenames
6 overlays of Eros, one Mega resolution + hyper resolution of landing area + Placenames
1 overlay of Annefrank
2 overlays of Itokawa + Placenames
1 overlay of Steins + Placenames
1 overlay of Lutetia + Placenames
22 overlays of Vesta, 3 Mega Resolution + Placenames
2 overlays of Toutatis
2 overlays of Ryugu
2 overlays of Bennu , one Mega Resolution
1 overlay of Psyche
Detail in area Deep Impact impactor hit Tempel 1
For the Comets
2 overlays of Halley
1 overlay of Borrelly
2 overlays of Wild 2
3 overlays of Tempel 1 + higher resolution of impact site
4 overlays of Churyumov–Gerasimenko
1 overlay of Hartley 2
Ceres and it's bright spots, a sentinel of the zone between Mars and Jupiter
For the Dwarf Planets (which will get updated as more comes in)
19 overlays of Ceres:
Mega Resolution Dawn imagery
Mega Resolution topography
Physical characteristic maps
Compositional maps by Dawn and Hubble
Placenames
Pluto and it's Sputnik Planitia, a farcry to the knowledge during many's youth when it was once considered a planet
3 overlays of both Pluto and Charon
Mega Resolution New Horizon's imagery
Mega Resolution topography
Low Resolution historical Earth based observation map
Placenames
Charon, with it's Mordor Macula, is the farthest mapped world in the Solar System.
Up next, putting together the Grand Tour Overlay
Afterward I will put together the Grand Tour Lite which will include only the spherical objects in the Solar System at reduced resolutions and maybe only requiring a download without needing an internet connection to view afterward.
2020 update: A LOT more of these have been mapped since 2015 and data has finished arriving from the dwarf planets. With a better computer comes the ability to see many of these worlds in greater detail.
Asteroids are mostly rocky objects smaller than the planets. Most asteroids are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter while some others such as Near Earth Objects and the Jupiter Trojans have different orbits. Notable asteroids include 433 Eros, 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres the latter which is spherical in shape and thus termed a Dwarf Planet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
Similar to asteroids are the Kuiper Belt Objects which orbit mainly beyond the orbit of Neptune and are mostly ice in composition.
Notable KBO's include the dwarf planets Makemake, Haumea, Eris and the most famous, Pluto. Only the Pluto system has been imaged with any detail by Hubble and recently by the New Horizons space probe. Originally considered the ninth planet Pluto was downgraded in 2006 to dwarf planet after the discovery of Kuiper objects of similar size such as Eris. It is the largest of the KBO's.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The coma and tail are much larger and, if sufficiently bright, may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope. Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures. Notable comets include Halley, Tempel 1, and Hale-Bopp.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
This overlay set contains 14 asteroids + an asteroid moon, 6 comets, 2 dwarf planets + a dwarf planet moon. Many of the asteroids and comets look really funny on a sphere because they are not round and were more of just a fun project to do.
Asteroids Comets Dwarf Planets.kmz (227.75 KB)
Vest and it's huge south polar crater
4 overlays of Gaspra +Place names
2 overlays of Ida + Placenames
1 overlay of Dactyl + Placenames
2 overlays of Castalia
2 overlays of Mathilde + Placenames
6 overlays of Eros, one Mega resolution + hyper resolution of landing area + Placenames
1 overlay of Annefrank
2 overlays of Itokawa + Placenames
1 overlay of Steins + Placenames
1 overlay of Lutetia + Placenames
22 overlays of Vesta, 3 Mega Resolution + Placenames
2 overlays of Toutatis
2 overlays of Ryugu
2 overlays of Bennu , one Mega Resolution
1 overlay of Psyche
Detail in area Deep Impact impactor hit Tempel 1
For the Comets
2 overlays of Halley
1 overlay of Borrelly
2 overlays of Wild 2
3 overlays of Tempel 1 + higher resolution of impact site
4 overlays of Churyumov–Gerasimenko
1 overlay of Hartley 2
Ceres and it's bright spots, a sentinel of the zone between Mars and Jupiter
19 overlays of Ceres:
Mega Resolution Dawn imagery
Mega Resolution topography
Physical characteristic maps
Compositional maps by Dawn and Hubble
Placenames
3 overlays of both Pluto and Charon
Mega Resolution New Horizon's imagery
Mega Resolution topography
Low Resolution historical Earth based observation map
Placenames
Charon, with it's Mordor Macula, is the farthest mapped world in the Solar System.
Up next, putting together the Grand Tour Overlay
Afterward I will put together the Grand Tour Lite which will include only the spherical objects in the Solar System at reduced resolutions and maybe only requiring a download without needing an internet connection to view afterward.
2020 update: A LOT more of these have been mapped since 2015 and data has finished arriving from the dwarf planets. With a better computer comes the ability to see many of these worlds in greater detail.