Possible Future Mars Landing Site in Oxia Planum
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Possible Future Mars Landing Site in Oxia Planum
ESP_037070_1985  Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites
Oxia Planum is broad clay-bearing surface between Mawrth and Ares Vallis that has been proposed as a future landing site on Mars.

Remnants of a possible fan or delta near the outlet of Coogoon Vallis is a potential science target at this location.

Written by: Sharon Wilson (audio: Tre Gibbs)  (1 October 2014)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_037136_1985.
 
Acquisition date
24 June 2014

Local Mars time
15:33

Latitude (centered)
18.128°

Longitude (East)
336.048°

Spacecraft altitude
282.6 km (175.6 miles)

Original image scale range
28.6 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~86 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
8.7°

Phase angle
60.2°

Solar incidence angle
52°, with the Sun about 38° above the horizon

Solar longitude
150.6°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  6.8°
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POSTSCRIPT
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