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  [[File:Pickering-Johnson.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Jack N. James] (center), JPL's Mariner 4 Project Manager, with a group in the White House presenting the spacecraft's famous picture Number 11 of Mars to US President Lyndon B. Johnson (center right) in July 1965, showing the Mariner crater.<ref>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/m04_11e.html]</ref>]]
 
  [[File:Pickering-Johnson.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Jack N. James] (center), JPL's Mariner 4 Project Manager, with a group in the White House presenting the spacecraft's famous picture Number 11 of Mars to US President Lyndon B. Johnson (center right) in July 1965, showing the Mariner crater.<ref>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/m04_11e.html]</ref>]]
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'''Mariner Crater''' is an impact crater with a diameter of 170 km. It is located in the [[Phaethontis quadrangle]] at  35.1° south latitude and 164.5° west longitude (195.5 E). Its name refers to the Mariner IV spacecraft.<ref>Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Mariner|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3711|website=usgs.gov|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|</ref> In fact it is probably the best image that was taken with the Mariner IV spacecraft.  
 
'''Mariner Crater''' is an impact crater with a diameter of 170 km. It is located in the [[Phaethontis quadrangle]] at  35.1° south latitude and 164.5° west longitude (195.5 E). Its name refers to the Mariner IV spacecraft.<ref>Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Mariner|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3711|website=usgs.gov|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|</ref> In fact it is probably the best image that was taken with the Mariner IV spacecraft.  
  
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Gullies are found in Mariner Crater.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_004163_1375</ref> <ref>U.S. department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Topographic Map of the Eastern Region of Mars M 15M 0/270 2AT, 1991</ref>
 
Gullies are found in Mariner Crater.<ref>http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_004163_1375</ref> <ref>U.S. department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Topographic Map of the Eastern Region of Mars M 15M 0/270 2AT, 1991</ref>
  
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Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|This topographic map shows volcanic peaks in white because of their great height.  Near the equator, a line of three volcanoes points south to Phaethontis and close to Mariner Crater Click on the image for a good view.
 
Image:MarsTopoMap-PIA02031 modest.jpg|This topographic map shows volcanic peaks in white because of their great height.  Near the equator, a line of three volcanoes points south to Phaethontis and close to Mariner Crater Click on the image for a good view.

Revision as of 13:00, 23 April 2020

Jack N. James] (center), JPL's Mariner 4 Project Manager, with a group in the White House presenting the spacecraft's famous picture Number 11 of Mars to US President Lyndon B. Johnson (center right) in July 1965, showing the Mariner crater.[1]

Mariner Crater is an impact crater with a diameter of 170 km. It is located in the Phaethontis quadrangle at 35.1° south latitude and 164.5° west longitude (195.5 E). Its name refers to the Mariner IV spacecraft.[2] In fact it is probably the best image that was taken with the Mariner IV spacecraft.

This article shows many pictures that show how we see Mars so much better today. Images of this crater are shown from the Mariner 4 and Mars Reconnaissance missions. One can compare the resolutions from the Mariner IV camera, CTX, and HiRISE.

Gullies are found in Mariner Crater.[3] [4]

See also


References

  1. [1]
  2. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Mariner|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3711%7Cwebsite=usgs.gov%7Cpublisher=International Astronomical Union|
  3. http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_004163_1375
  4. U.S. department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Topographic Map of the Eastern Region of Mars M 15M 0/270 2AT, 1991

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