HiRISE | A Crater on a Crater Wall (ESP_050259

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A Crater on a Crater Wall
ESP_050259_1380 Science Theme: Impact Processes

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It’s not that common to see craters on steep hills, partly because rocks falling downhill can quickly erase such craters. Here, however, a small impact occurred on the sloping wall of a larger crater and is well-preserved.

Dark, blocky ejecta from the smaller crater has flowed downhill (to the west) toward the floor of the larger crater. Understanding the emplacement of such ejecta on steep hills is an area of ongoing research.

Written by: Kirby Runyon (13 June 2017)

Acquisition date
16 April 2017

Local Mars time
14:17

Latitude (centered)
-41.780°

Longitude (East)
281.680°

Spacecraft altitude
247.4 km (153.8 miles)

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from 24.8 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 49.6 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)

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25 cm/pixel and North is up

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Emission angle
3.6°

Phase angle
46.5°

Solar incidence angle
49°, with the Sun about 41° above the horizon

Solar longitude
350.5°, Northern Winter

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 47.4°

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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.