Lunae Palus

Das Lunae-Palus-Gradfeld gehört zu den 30 Gradfeldern des Mars. Sie wurden durch die United States Geological Survey (USGS) festgelegt. Die Nummer ist MC-10, das Gradfeld umfasst das Gebiet von 45° bis 90° westlicher Länge und von 0° bis 30° südlicher Breite.[1]

Lunae Planum, Chryse Planitia und Teile von Xanthe Terra befinden sich im Lunae Palus Gradfeld, des Weiteren enthält es viele ehemalige Flusstäler. Der Viking I Lander landete am 20. Juli 1976 hier.[2]

Der Name kommt von einem Albedo feature auf dem Mars, die Gegend wurde nach der römischen Mond-Gottheit oder den afrikanischen Mondbergen, aus denen sich der Nil ergießt, benannt.[3]

Andere Gradfelder

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Davies, M.E.; Batson, R.M.; Wu, S.S.C. “Geodesy and Cartography” in Kieffer, H.H.; Jakosky, B.M.; Snyder, C.W.; Matthews, M.S., Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.
  2. ↑ On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. 1958–1978, SP-4212. (NASA)
  3. ↑ Lunae Palus im Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature der IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  4. ↑ Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World. Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3, S. 98.
  5. ↑ PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, 16. Februar 2002
  6. ↑ Davies, M.E.; Batson, R.M.; Wu, S.S.C. "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, H.H.; Jakosky, B.M.; Snyder, C.W.; Matthews, M.S., Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.

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MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars PIA03467.jpg
The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars
  • Target Name: Mars
  • Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
  • Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
  • Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
  • Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
  • Product Size: 2000 x 1288 pixels (width x height)
  • Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
  • Producer ID: MOC2-299
  • Primary Data Set: MGS EDRs

In 1979, NASA published ATLAS OF MARS: THE 1:5,000,000 MAP SERIES, edited by R.M. Batson, P.M. Bridges, and J.L. Inge, of the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona. This was a compendium of airbrushed shaded relief maps, controlled photomosaics, and in a few cases albedo (shading) maps, mostly assembled from Mariner 9 survey images, with some gaps filled by Viking orbiter images. The planet was divided into thirty "quadrangles" or areas, each with an "Mars Chart" or "MC" number (MC-1 through MC-30). The equatorial region was portrayed in the Mercator projection, with Lambert Conformal Conic for the mid-latitudes and Polar Stereographic for the poles.

Although digital products such as the Mars Digital Image Mosaic (MDIM) and various Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) maps have partially supplanted the ATLAS, it remains a standard desktop reference today.

In 1999, the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) aboard the MGS orbiter acquired a global stereo image dataset using its red-filter Wide Angle Camera. We have recently completed a 256 pixel/degree (about 230 meters/pixel) mosaic of these images using software developed at Malin Space Science Systems(MSSS). Visit the MSSS Geodesy Campaign Mosaic Page to access both partial and full-resolution mosaics in Planetary Data System format.

The image above is a reproduction of the new MGS MOC Mars Digital Map and is the first of several cartographic products that MSSS expects to release this year.

Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO.