HiRISE | Terrain in Eberswalde Crater (ESP_011331

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Terrain in Eberswalde Crater
ESP_011331_1560 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

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Eberswalde Crater is an approximately 65 kilometer diameter, closed basin crater. This image was targeted in the landing ellipse as a possible site for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory mission.

The image shows resistant knobs and mounds and a scoured surface. The CRISM instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected phyllosilicates (clays) in the region. Clays on Earth are often formed in the presence of water and occur in river deltas and lake beds. The delta and meandering channels in Eberswalde Crater (west of the landing ellipse) and the detection of phyllosilicates provides evidence for possible past water activity on Mars.

Written by: Jennifer Griffes (4 February 2009)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_011265_1560.

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Acquisition date:	26 December 2008	Local Mars time:	3:54 PM
Latitude (centered):	-23.9 degrees	Longitude (East):	326.8 degrees
Range to target site:	258.6 km (161.6 miles)	Original image scale range:	25.9 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~78 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	25 cm/pixel and North is up	Map projection:	EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission angle:	1.3 degrees	Phase angle:	60.4 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	61 degrees, with the Sun about 29 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	180.4 degrees, Northern Autumn
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North azimuth:	97 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	18.7 degrees
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North azimuth:	270 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	193.3 degrees

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