HiRISE | Sediments inside Aram Crater (ESP_027998

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Sediments inside Aram Crater
ESP_027998_1825 Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes

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Aram Chaos is characterized by chaotic terrains overlain by approximately 900 meters of sediments within the 280-kilometer diameter Aram Crater.

This HiRISE image shows the chaotic terrain as a darker unit with grooves and ridges. The sediments include the brighter rocks that appear very rough due to ridges and furrows. Minerals identified within Aram include sulfates and ferric oxides, which are similar to those seen at the Opportunity rover landing site in Meridiani Planum.

It has been proposed that a lake once existed within Aram Crater and laid down the sediments.

Written by: Cathy Weitz (5 September 2012)

Acquisition date
17 July 2012

Local Mars time
15:27

Latitude (centered)
2.466°

Longitude (East)
338.631°

Spacecraft altitude
272.8 km (169.6 miles)

Original image scale range
54.6 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~164 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
0.1°

Phase angle
52.7°

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53°, with the Sun about 37° above the horizon

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140.6°, Northern Summer

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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.