Grand Canyon of Gale Crater (ESP_012195_1750)

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Grand Canyon of Gale Crater (ESP_012195_1750)



Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

OBSERVATION TOOLBOX
Acquisition date: 03 March 2009 Local Mars time: 3:46 PM
Latitude (centered): -5.2 ° Longitude (East): 137.4 °
Range to target site: 273.4 km (170.9 miles) Original image scale range: 27.4 cm/pixel
(with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~82 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale: 25 cm/pixel and north is up Map projection: EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission angle: 14.2 ° Phase angle: 42.6 °
Solar incidence angle: 57 °, with the Sun about 33 ° above the horizon Solar longitude: 220.4 °, Northern Autumn
For non-map projected products:
North azimuth: 97 ° Sub-solar azimuth: 349.2 °
F O R M A P P R O J E C T E D P R O D U C T S
North azimuth: 270° Sub solar azimuth 164.2°
A N A G L Y P H P R O D U C T S
Right observation: ESP_012340_1750 Convergence angle 19.8°





elevation
visible
infrared
20 mi
20 km

U S A G E P O L I C Y

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P O S T S C R I P T

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