Increasing the Usability and Accessibility of Voyager 2 Images of Triton

IF 3.8 Q2 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI:10.3847/psj/ad33ca
Michael T. Bland, Emily S. Martin, Alex Patthoff
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Much of what we know about Neptune’s moon Triton was inferred from the analysis of images returned by the Voyager 2 mission, the only spacecraft to have visited that putative ocean world. Unfortunately, the highest-resolution images (scales < 2 km pixel−1) are difficult to use because they are only available in nonstandard formats, and the locations of the images on Triton’s surface are incorrect by up to 200 km. Although image mosaics of Triton are publicly available, these do not include the highest-resolution data. Here we describe our effort to improve the usability and accessibility of Voyager 2 images of Triton. We used the USGS’s ISIS software to process 41 Triton images, including geometric calibration, radiometric calibration, and reseau removal. We improved the image locations using a photogrammetric control network with 958 points and 3910 image measurements. Least-squares bundle adjustment of the network yielded rms uncertainty of 0.50, 0.52, and 0.51 pixels in latitude, longitude, and radius, respectively, and maximum residuals of −4.21 and +3.20 pixels, respectively. Image-to-image alignment is therefore vastly improved. We have released these processed images as cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs in orthographic projection at the original pixel scale of each image. Associated mosaics have also been created and released to provide geologic context for the individual images. These products provide the science community with analysis-ready data that enable new investigations of Triton, increase accessibility to this unique data set, and continue to enhance the scientific return from the Voyager 2 mission.
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提高旅行者 2 号拍摄的海卫一图像的可用性和可访问性
我们对海王星的卫星海卫一的了解大多是通过分析旅行者2号任务传回的图像推断出来的,旅行者2号是唯一访问过这个假定的海洋世界的航天器。遗憾的是,最高分辨率的图像(比例< 2千米像素-1)很难使用,因为它们只有非标准格式,而且图像在海卫一表面的位置误差高达200千米。虽然海卫一的图像镶嵌图已经公开,但其中并不包括最高分辨率的数据。在此,我们介绍了我们为提高旅行者 2 号海卫一图像的可用性和可访问性所做的努力。我们使用美国地质调查局的 ISIS 软件处理了 41 幅海卫一图像,包括几何校准、辐射校准和去除残留物。我们使用一个包含 958 个点和 3910 个图像测量值的摄影测量控制网络改进了图像位置。对网络进行最小二乘法捆绑调整后,纬度、经度和半径的均方根不确定性分别为 0.50、0.52 和 0.51 像素,最大残差分别为 -4.21 和 +3.20 像素。因此,图像与图像之间的配准得到了极大改善。我们已将这些经过处理的图像作为云优化的 GeoTIFF 文件发布,以每幅图像的原始像素比例进行正投影。我们还制作并发布了相关的镶嵌图,以提供单张图像的地质背景。这些产品为科学界提供了分析就绪的数据,使他们能够对海卫一进行新的研究,提高对这一独特数据集的可访问性,并继续加强旅行者 2 号任务的科学回报。
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The Planetary Science Journal
The Planetary Science Journal Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geophysics
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