HiRISE | Fresh 5-Kilometer Diameter Rayed Crater (PSP_009162

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Fresh 5-Kilometer Diameter Rayed Crater
PSP_009162_1570 Science Theme: Impact Processes

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The crater featured in this scene formed on top of ejecta from a nearby rampart crater, located to the north.

The crater’s distinct rim indicates it is relatively young. There is bright material on many of the crater walls that might be landslides of dust or another bright substance.

The mounds of material on the crater floor probably formed during late stages of crater’s own formation. The crater floor is speckled with even smaller craters.

Written by: Kelly Kolb (13 August 2008)

Acquisition date
10 July 2008

Local Mars time
15:29

Latitude (centered)
-22.686°

Longitude (East)
143.989°

Spacecraft altitude
255.6 km (158.8 miles)

Original image scale range
51.2 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~154 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
4.4°

Phase angle
66.9°

Solar incidence angle
70°, with the Sun about 20° above the horizon

Solar longitude
96.7°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 46.3°

JPEG
Black and white
map projected  non-map

IRB color
map projected  non-map

Merged IRB
map projected

Merged RGB
map projected

RGB color
non-map projected

JP2
Black and white
map-projected   (95MB)

IRB color
map-projected   (53MB)

JP2 EXTRAS
Black and white
map-projected (44MB)
non-map           (43MB)

IRB color
map projected (16MB)
non-map           (55MB)

Merged IRB
map projected (85MB)

Merged RGB
map-projected (78MB)

RGB color
non map           (51MB)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
B&W label
Color label
Merged IRB label
Merged RGB label
EDR products
HiView

NB
IRB: infrared-red-blue
RGB: red-green-blue
About color products (PDF)

Black & white is 5 km across; enhanced color about 1 km
For scale, use JPEG/JP2 black & white map-projected images

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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.