Friday, April 29, 2011

APOD 4.5 and Zooniverse progress

Zooniverse continued with Galaxy zoo Hubble. No changes there and no days missed. Haven't exactly coutned the days but I should be where I need to be on that.


I however have not worked on the moon zoo project, although the craters here at the southern pole have been given some attention.
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The picture shows how much sunlight the different parts of the pole get in a 6 moon-day (6 earth-month) period. The mounts are almost completely white as they are in a state of eternal day, Where as the craters never get any direct light. The crater in the middle is very close to the actual southern pole, withing 9 degrees or so, and the lunar equator is very close to the ecliptic plane, the amount of light at the poles is constant. Perhaps the mountains in there area would be ideal locations for solar power arrays. Assuming they have protection from falling rocks.

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