Tooting Crater Ejecta
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Tooting Crater Ejecta
ESP_057013_2045  Science Theme: Impact Processes
In this picture we can see a huge tongue-like form, which looks a like a mudflow with boulders on its surface. This “tongue” is only a small part of a larger deposit that completely surrounds Tooting Crater (not visible in this image). This is part of what is called an “ejecta blanket.”

The shape and form of the deposits in the ejecta blanket can tell us about the condition of the ground when the impact crater was formed. The presence of this tongue of ejecta is interpreted as a sign that the ground was frozen before impact. The force of the impact melted ice and mixed it with rock and dust as it was thrown away from the crater. It then settled to form these tongue-like lobes all around the crater.



Written by: Susan Conway (audio: Tre Gibbs)  (10 June 2019)
 
Acquisition date
24 September 2018

Local Mars time
14:47

Latitude (centered)
24.073°

Longitude (East)
207.996°

Spacecraft altitude
286.4 km (178.0 miles)

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57.3 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~172 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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0.3°

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63.4°

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63°, with the Sun about 27° above the horizon

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256.5°, Northern Autumn

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