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Small Crater on the Northern Residual Ice Cap (PSP_007967_2615)

Small Crater on the Northern Residual Ice Cap
Small Crater on the Northern Residual Ice Cap  (PSP_007967_2615)
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona


OBSERVATION TOOLBOX
Acquisition date:08 April 2008 Local Mars time: 1:48 PM
Latitude (centered):81.5 ° Longitude (East):347.0 °
Range to target site:316.8 km (198.0 miles)Original image scale range:31.7 cm/pixel
(with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~95 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:25 cm/pixelMap projection:POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:2.0 ° Phase angle:63.5 °
Solar incidence angle:62 °, with the Sun about 28 ° above the horizon Solar longitude:55.9 °, Northern Spring
For non-map projected products:
North azimuth:110 ° Sub-solar azimuth:317.3 °
For map projected products:
North azimuth:283.023°Sub solar azimuth131.86°

 

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. 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. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.