HiRISE | Gale Crater along Possible Traverse Route for MSL Rover (ESP_028190

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Gale Crater along Possible Traverse Route for MSL Rover
ESP_028190_1755 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

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Acquisition date:	01 August 2012	Local Mars time:	3:28 PM
Latitude (centered):	-4.625 degrees	Longitude (East):	137.469 degrees
Range to target site:	271.5 km (169.7 miles)	Original image scale range:	27.2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~81 cm across are resolved
Map projected scale:	25 cm/pixel and North is up	Map projection:	EQUIRECTANGULAR
Emission angle:	8.1 degrees	Phase angle:	62.1 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	55 degrees, with the Sun about 35 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	148.1 degrees, Northern Summer
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North azimuth:	97 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	25.0 degrees
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North azimuth:	270 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	199.4 degrees

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