Other Worlds: Guess the Planet 2: Dark Region

Monday 24 October 2016

Guess the Planet 2: Dark Region

Here is our second guess the planet image. This remote sensing image shows a dark area with kind of fractal edges, within an area of yellowish looking terrain. So what is it and what planet are we looking at? As before I'll post the answer on Friday along with more detail about this image.

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Unknown24 October 2016 at 07:57
Is it still "Guess the Planet" if you're showing a moon? :P Looks like the methane lakes on Titan!
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Alex Barrett24 October 2016 at 08:12
Some of these will be from planets, others will be from moons, I may even add comets and asteroids to the mix as well. Put simply I won't rule out an interesting feature because the solar system body it happens to be on doesn't orbit the sun. I also plan to do a blog about the definition of planet and whether it is useful from a geomorphology standpoint.
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As you might already have guessed this blog will largely be dedicated to planetary science. I will be discussing the geography of the different planets of the Solar System and sharing my thoughts on space travel and exploration. I’ll also be talking about Earth, both the wonders it holds and the problems it faces. After all we have to understand our own planet before we can go and explore others. There may be occasional diversions into other topics; since science doesn’t break down into neat little boxes as well as some humans would like it to.

So how is this going to work?

My plan is to do two types of article. The first will consist of blog posts on an interesting topic, These will be published irregularly as topics occur, but will not be as frequent as the second type.

The second type of article will be a “guess the planet” column which will take the form of two articles a week.

I’ll post a remote sensing image with no particular explanation or citation on Mondays, and give you the week to figure out what it is, and what planet it comes from. Then on Friday I’ll discuss what the image actually shows, where it comes from, who it belongs to and so on.

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