Possible Mars Landing Site: Layers on East Mound of Terby Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Possible Mars Landing Site: Layers on East Mound of Terby Crater
ESP_021797_1520  Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites
This observation was taken to analyze sedimentary architecture and bed thicknesses of layered deposits on the east side of the mound of Terby Crater.

This area could be a possible science target for future landed missions, so the power of HiRISE can analyze these layers at the highest resolution possible.

Terby Crater is 170 kilometers in diameter, and is located along the northern edge of Hellas Planitia.

This caption is based on the original science rationale.



Written by: HiRISE Science Team  (2 May 2011)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_021942_1520.
 
Acquisition date
21 March 2011

Local Mars time
15:12

Latitude (centered)
-27.660°

Longitude (East)
74.734°

Spacecraft altitude
258.9 km (160.9 miles)

Original image scale range
28.8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~86 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
26.7°

Phase angle
16.4°

Solar incidence angle
43°, with the Sun about 47° above the horizon

Solar longitude
259.0°, Northern Autumn

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  358.7°
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POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.