HiRISE | Possible Impact Melt Deposits in a Multiple Impact Structure (ESP_062296

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Possible Impact Melt Deposits in a Multiple Impact Structure
ESP_062296_1840 Science Theme: Impact Processes

This image shows the eastern portion of a triple impact structure that is approximately 21 by 14 kilometers, visible in this Context Camera image.

In this close-up we can see possible impact melt-bearing deposits flowing from the higher elevation in the eastern portion of the crater into the larger central crater. In the eastern part of this image, where the topography is more level, the impact melt material appears to have ponded to form relatively dark and smooth deposits on the floor of the crater. The materials that were ejected outside of the crater, observed in the northeast section of this image, are much rougher in appearance.

Written by: Eric Pilles, Will Yingling and Livio L. Tornabene (19 February 2020)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_062586_1840.

Acquisition date
10 November 2019

Local Mars time
15:15

Latitude (centered)
4.037°

Longitude (East)
349.452°

Spacecraft altitude
273.8 km (170.2 miles)

Original image scale range
55.1 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~165 cm across are resolved

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50 cm/pixel and North is up

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Equirectangular

Emission angle
6.1°

Phase angle
56.2°

Solar incidence angle
51°, with the Sun about 39° above the horizon

Solar longitude
105.0°, Northern Summer

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North azimuth: 97°
Sub-solar azimuth: 35.2°

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POSTSCRIPT
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. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.