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Foundational Data Products Knowledge Inventory
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Pluto and Charon

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This page lists identified foundational data products for Pluto and charon. These data are updated as the maintainers become aware of either new products or updated information about an existing product. This page was last updated GitHub Last Update.

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Identified Foundational Data Products

Body Product name Product type Horizontal accuracy Vertical accuracy Resolution Coverage Status Offline formats Online formats Data producer Data provider References
Charon Control Network Geodetic Coordinate Reference Frame (or Proxy) ? ? N/A ? Unreleased [ISIS] ? Shenk, et al. unreleased Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Breaking up is hard to do: Global cartography and topography of Pluto’s mid-sized icy Moon Charon from New Horizons. Icarus, 315. 124 – 145. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.010
Charon DEM Elevation ? 1000m - 100m 35.25ppd / 300mpp ~40% (to available data) Current [GeoTiff Cube] WMS Shenk, et al. USGS
Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Breaking up is hard to do: Global cartography and topography of Pluto’s mid-sized icy Moon Charon from New Horizons. Icarus, 315. 124 – 145. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.010
Charon Mosaic Absolutely Controlled Unrectified Image Mosaic ? ? 35.25ppd / 300mpp 35km - 0.15kmpp (actual resolution) ~40% (to available data) Current [GeoTiff Cube] WMS Shenk, et al. USGS
Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Breaking up is hard to do: Global cartography and topography of Pluto’s mid-sized icy Moon Charon from New Horizons. Icarus, 315. 124 – 145. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.010
Pluto Control Network Geodetic Coordinate Reference Frame (or Proxy) ? ? N/A ? Unreleased [ISIS] ? Shenk, et al. unreleased Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons. Icarus, 314. 400 – 433. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.008
Pluto Global Mosaic Absolutely Controlled Unrectified Image Mosaic ? ? 69.13ppd / 300mpp ~42% (to available data) Current [GeoTiff Cube] WMS Shenk, et al. USGS
Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons. Icarus, 314. 400 – 433. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.008
Pluto DEM Elevation ? 800m - 100m 69.13ppd / 300mpp ~42% (to available data) Current [GeoTiff Cube] WMS Shenk, et al. USGS
Citation: , & al., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , & (). Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons. Icarus, 314. 400 – 433. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.008