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Search for Mars Polar Lander (ESP_014001_1040)

Search for Mars Polar Lander
Search for Mars Polar Lander (ESP_014001_1040)
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

This is another in a series of images searching for traces of the failed Mars Polar Lander. These blog posts have more information:

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/HiBlog/2008/05/09/looking-for-mars-polar-lander/

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/HiBlog/2009/07/13/renewed-search-for-mpl/


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OBSERVATION TOOLBOX
Acquisition date:22 July 2009 Local Mars time: 3:04 PM
Latitude (centered):-76.2 ° Longitude (East):165.5 °
Range to target site:245.1 km (153.2 miles)Original image scale range:24.5 cm/pixel
(with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~74 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:25 cm/pixelMap projection:POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC
Emission angle:1.0 ° Phase angle:60.7 °
Solar incidence angle:61 °, with the Sun about 29 ° above the horizon Solar longitude:307.9 °, Northern Winter
For non-map projected products:
North azimuth:103 ° Sub-solar azimuth:50.1 °
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:75.47°Sub solar azimuth24.70°

 

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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.