New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter’s cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft’s closest approach to Jupiter.
The picture was one of a handful of the Jupiter system that New Horizons took primarily for artistic, rather than scientific, value. This particular scene was suggested by space enthusiast Richard Hendricks of Austin, Texas, in response to an Internet request by New Horizons scientists for evocative, artistic imaging opportunities at Jupiter.
The spacecraft was 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Jupiter and 3 million kilometers (1.8 million miles) from Europa when the picture was taken. Europa's diameter is 3,120 kilometers (1,939 miles). The image is centered on Europa coordinates 5 degrees south, 6 degrees west. In keeping with its artistic intent - and to provide a more dramatic perspective - the image has been rotated so south is at the top.
I thought about that image of the Jupiter moon Europa after I saw it and I realized, according to that description of the image, this Jupiter moon has its world turned upside down.
The picture was one of a handful of the Jupiter system that New Horizons took primarily for artistic, rather than scientific, value. This particular scene was suggested by space enthusiast Richard Hendricks of Austin, Texas, in response to an Internet request by New Horizons scientists for evocative, artistic imaging opportunities at Jupiter.
The spacecraft was 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Jupiter and 3 million kilometers (1.8 million miles) from Europa when the picture was taken. Europa's diameter is 3,120 kilometers (1,939 miles). The image is centered on Europa coordinates 5 degrees south, 6 degrees west. In keeping with its artistic intent - and to provide a more dramatic perspective - the image has been rotated so south is at the top.
I thought about that image of the Jupiter moon Europa after I saw it and I realized, according to that description of the image, this Jupiter moon has its world turned upside down.
I thought more about these images in the context of what I wrote about NASA releasing, in disguise, the photos I took in 1976 of Saturn and Jupiter. But then I started thinking that I wasn’t as close to Jupiter as those images appear. I would have certainly been fried by all the radiation if I had got that close. The moon Callisto was well outside the main radiation belt of Saturn, from what I read on the internet. But then the thought occurred to me that I could have used a telescopic lens. I made an illustration of what I think Saturn looked like from the moon Phoebe, using an image from Apollo 17 that had Earth in the background. You might have to save the image and view it in a photo viewer that has a magnification feature to see the full illustration.
Saturn: Moons: Phoebe
Phoebe (FEE-bee) is one of Saturn's most intriguing satellites, orbiting at a distance of 12,952,000 kilometers (8,049,668 miles) from the planet, almost four times the distance from Saturn than its nearest neighbor, the moon Iapetus. Phoebe and Iapetus are the only major moons in the Saturnian system that do not orbit closely to the plane of Saturn's equator.
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Phoebe in Mythology
Phoebe in Mythology
Phoebe is another name for the goddess that the Greeks called Artemis and the Romans called Diana. She was the youthful goddess of Earth's Moon, forests, wild animals and hunting. Sworn to chastity and independence, she never married and was closely identified with her brother, Apollo.
Well, that explains a lot.
Well, that explains a lot.
As for how Saturn probably looks from the surface of the moon Phoebe, I made the following calculations, which I applied to an image of Earth from the surface of Earth’s moon. The basic calculation is that while Saturn is about 10 times larger in equatorial radius than Earth, the Saturn moon Phoebe is over 33 times farther from Saturn than Earth’s Moon is from Earth.
The equatorial radius of Saturn is 60278 kilometers.
The equatorial radius of Earth is 6378 kilometers.
For the purposes of the illustration, I calculated that 60278 divided by 6378 equals 9.450 (rounded off). That calculation suggest that the equatorial radius of Saturn is 9.450 times that of Earth. In the Apollo 17 image below, the radius of Earth is 13 units, as illustrated. Multiplying 13 and 9.450 equals 122.85. That calculation suggests to me that from the distance of the Earth’s moon to the Earth, illustrating the radius of Saturn would be 122 units compared to 13 units for the Earth.
The distance from the Earth’s moon to Earth is 384,400 kilometers.
The distance from the Saturn moon Phoebe to Saturn is 12,952,000 kilometers.
Dividing 12,952,000 by 384,400 equals 33.69, which means that the Saturn moon Phoebe is 33.69 times as far from Saturn as Earth’s moon is from Earth.
Therefore, to illustrate the size of Saturn in the sky from the moon Phoebe would be to divide 122 units by 33.69 which equals 3.62 units.
This movie probably reflects certain elements of my childhood. There are probably a lot of other clues to this but my brain is still kind of muddled as I try to concentrate on certain abstract ideas.
From 3/3/1959 to 10/23/1998 is: 39 years, 33 weeks and 3 days
Soldier is a 1998 science fiction film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film, classified as a thriller, starred Kurt Russell as Sgt. Todd, a soldier trained from birth. The film also featured Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Michael Chiklis.
It was written by David Peoples, who co-wrote the script for Blade Runner. By his own admission, he considers Soldier to be a "sidequel"/spiritual successor to Blade Runner. It also obliquely references various elements of stories written by Philip K. Dick (who wrote the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which Blade Runner is based), or film adaptations thereof.
From 3/17/1951 to 2/14/1986 is: 34 years, 334 days
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1970s and 1980s, having starred in several Hollywood films, and has continued appearing in leading roles since, including Escape from New York, Stargate and most recently Grindhouse.
I can distinctly remember that Tracie was saying this was our song and I was thinking that it wasn’t our song because I always thought of Rachel when I heard it. And Rachel was that good quirkiness that I wrote of earlier. I think that Rachel as a fictional creation, represents the aspects of Phoebe that will always lead me back to her. Sometimes the world makes our lives complicated, but with all things considered, Rachel, as the fictional character in my artificial and symbolic memory, was always the woman I wanted to see. But of course, I probably won't have this completely figured out until I get my real memories back.
The Cars is the first studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1978. (see 1978 in music). In 2003, the album was ranked number 282 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Moving in Stereo" was used as the theme for Phoebe Cates' famous pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Just What I Needed is a song by the band The Cars on their self-titled album in 1978 on Elektra Records
Just What I Needed
From 3/3/1959 to 10/23/1998 is: 39 years, 33 weeks and 3 days
Soldier is a 1998 science fiction film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film, classified as a thriller, starred Kurt Russell as Sgt. Todd, a soldier trained from birth. The film also featured Gary Busey, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Michael Chiklis.
It was written by David Peoples, who co-wrote the script for Blade Runner. By his own admission, he considers Soldier to be a "sidequel"/spiritual successor to Blade Runner. It also obliquely references various elements of stories written by Philip K. Dick (who wrote the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which Blade Runner is based), or film adaptations thereof.
From 3/17/1951 to 2/14/1986 is: 34 years, 334 days
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1970s and 1980s, having starred in several Hollywood films, and has continued appearing in leading roles since, including Escape from New York, Stargate and most recently Grindhouse.
I can distinctly remember that Tracie was saying this was our song and I was thinking that it wasn’t our song because I always thought of Rachel when I heard it. And Rachel was that good quirkiness that I wrote of earlier. I think that Rachel as a fictional creation, represents the aspects of Phoebe that will always lead me back to her. Sometimes the world makes our lives complicated, but with all things considered, Rachel, as the fictional character in my artificial and symbolic memory, was always the woman I wanted to see. But of course, I probably won't have this completely figured out until I get my real memories back.
The Cars is the first studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1978. (see 1978 in music). In 2003, the album was ranked number 282 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Moving in Stereo" was used as the theme for Phoebe Cates' famous pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Just What I Needed is a song by the band The Cars on their self-titled album in 1978 on Elektra Records
Just What I Needed
I dont mind you comin here
And wastin all my time
cause when youre standin oh so near
I kinda lose my mind
Its not the perfume that you wear
Its not the ribbons in your hair
I dont mind you comin here
And wastin all my time
I dont mind you hangin out
And talkin in your sleep
It doesnt matter where youve been
As long as it was deep, yeah
You always knew to wear it well and
You look so fancy I can tell
I dont mind you hangin out
And talkin in your sleep
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
I dont mind you comin here
And wastin all my time time
cause when youre standin oh so near
I kinda lose my mind, yeah
Its not the perfume that you wear
Its not the ribbons in your hair
I dont mind you comin here
And wastin all my time
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess youre just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
Yeah, yeah, so bleed me
Youre just what I needed
Youre just what I needed
Yeah, youre just what I needed
Yeah, yeah yeah
