Minor Planet Pluto: us vs. NASA :)

Minor Planet Pluto: us vs. NASA :)

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Fri Mar 13 14:33:06 2015   by   Ron Vantreese
NASA sent a New Horizons probe heading toward Pluto, but it still has a long way to go. We have a chance to produce a Pluto planet map before NASA does. :)

Here's what I got for Pluto color map:
6      26  19  19
32770  56  68  80
32771  56  68  80
61439 109  86  41
63487 147 115  55
64511 241 233 216
65535 218 196 154

Let's see who can come up with a better color scheme. Deadline is sometime in June when the probe's telescope can get close enough to produce good photos. Probe flies past Pluto on July 14, this year.

Tips:
1. I find putting the high limit to 65535 (vs 255 or smaller) produces more colors.
2. Google Search (or other search engine) with key word "Pluto" provides many blurry samples that may still be useful as a color model.
3. Despite blurriness appearing smooth, further analysis suggest that Pluto really is smooth. Think of it being similarly smooth as Ceres or Vesta.
 
Fri Jun 12 17:47:08 2015   by   Ron Vantreese
If anyone is still up to this challenge... deadline is coming fast....

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasas-horizons-probe-clearest-date-plutos-complex-surface/story?id=31719935

Challenge ends when NASA publishes their first color photo of Pluto in a reasonably clear way.
 
Fri Jun 19 14:32:02 2015   by   Ron Vantreese
Here's my new color map of Pluto... I think this makes the render pretty good....

6 26 19 19
16388 56 68 80
24579 82 77 61
28674 95 81 51
32770 108 86 40
32771 109 86 41
61439 128 100 48
63487 147 115 55
64511 241 233 216
65535 218 196 154

I also set "Distance Contribution to Variation" = 0.025
"Altitude Contribution to Variation" = 0.77
"Latitude Color Adjustment" = "Even More Adjustment" (-C -C -C)
and
"Initial Base Land Altitude" = 0.00
 
Tue Jul 14 09:33:49 2015   by   Daniel
My thing is the Troll dice roller, but your initiative is ultra creative hahahhahaha...good one...
 

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