HiRISE | Inactive Phoenix Lander on Mars (ESP_011268

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Inactive Phoenix Lander on Mars
ESP_011268_2485 Science Theme: Other

Shown here is one of a series of images design to monitor the Phoenix landing site for changes over time due to atmospheric haze, deposition or removal of dust, or formation of frost as winter approaches.

Frost is not yet apparent here during the middle afternoon, but there is atmospheric haze. This is the first image targeted to the lander since it ceased activity.

A previous image was acquired after the lander had ceased communication, but had been planned while it was still active.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (2 January 2009)

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Acquisition date:	21 December 2008	Local Mars time:	3:31 PM
Latitude (centered):	68.211 degrees	Longitude (East):	234.255 degrees
Range to target site:	317.2 km (198.3 miles)	Original image scale range:	31.7 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~95 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	25 cm/pixel	Map projection:	POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:	11.3 degrees	Phase angle:	66.4 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	76 degrees, with the Sun about 14 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	177.6 degrees, Northern Summer
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North azimuth:	96 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	329.7 degrees
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North azimuth:	35.74 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	271.0 degrees

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.