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File:USGS-Mars-MC-24-PhaethontisRegion-mola.png|Mariner crater is located to the North West of Newton crater.
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File:USGS-Mars-MC-24-PhaethontisRegion-mola.png|Mariner crater is located to the North West of Newton crater. in the [[Phaethontis quadrangle]].  Click on image to enlarge.
 
File: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.
 
File: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.
File:Phaethontis.JPG|Map of [[Phaethontis quadrangle]].  Click on to enlarge and see some crater names.
 
 
File:Mars m04 11e.jpg|Mariner Crater, as seen by Mariner 4.  This is probably the best picture that our first spacecraft to fly by Mars took.
 
File:Mars m04 11e.jpg|Mariner Crater, as seen by Mariner 4.  This is probably the best picture that our first spacecraft to fly by Mars took.
 
File:Wikimariner.jpg|Section of Mariner Crater that was imaged by the Mariner 4 space craft.  The crater on the floor of the much larger Mariner Crater is the smaller of the two craters on the floor.  Straight troughs in the south are visible in this image and in the Mariner photo.  This image was taken with CTX camera (on [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]).
 
File:Wikimariner.jpg|Section of Mariner Crater that was imaged by the Mariner 4 space craft.  The crater on the floor of the much larger Mariner Crater is the smaller of the two craters on the floor.  Straight troughs in the south are visible in this image and in the Mariner photo.  This image was taken with CTX camera (on [[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]).

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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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