Layered Sediments in Danielson Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Layered Sediments in Danielson Crater
ESP_026349_1885  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
This crater is named for G. Edward Danielson, Jr. (1939–2005), who was instrumental in the development of a series of Mars cameras, from Mariner 4 launched in 1964 to the Mars Global Surveyor launched in 1996.

These layered sediments are of great interest because they are very regular in thicknesses, suggesting some sort of periodic process such as climate change associated with Mars orbital variations.



Written by: Alfred McEwen  (11 April 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_026626_1885.
 
Acquisition date
10 March 2012

Local Mars time
15:05

Latitude (centered)
8.278°

Longitude (East)
352.991°

Spacecraft altitude
274.9 km (170.9 miles)

Original image scale range
28.0 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~84 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
9.3°

Phase angle
54.9°

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

Solar longitude
81.4°, Northern Spring

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North azimuth:  96°
Sub-solar azimuth:  32.3°
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