HiRISE | Proposed MSL Landing Site in Eberswalde Crater (PSP_007481

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Proposed MSL Landing Site in Eberswalde Crater
PSP_007481_1560 Science Theme: Future Exploration/Landing Sites

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This image covers a portion of Eberswalde Crater, which has an ancient deltaic depositional setting. Eberswalde is an approximately 65 kilometer diameter, closed basin crater. This image was targeted in the landing ellipse as a possible site for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory mission. The image shows resistant mounds and knobs as well as a scoured surface.

The CRISM instrument on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected phyllosilicates (clays) in the bright layers in the crater. One of the ways clays form on Earth is when water erodes rock and makes fine particles which settle out of water; this often occurs in river deltas and lake beds. The delta and meandering channels in Eberswalde Crater (to the west of the landing ellipse) and the detection of phyllosilicates provides evidence for possible persistent aqueous activity on Mars.
Written by: Jennifer Griffes (26 April 2008)

This is a stereo pair with PSP_010474_1560.

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Acquisition date:	01 March 2008	Local Mars time:	2:59 PM
Latitude (centered):	-23.873 degrees	Longitude (East):	326.666 degrees
Range to target site:	260.5 km (162.8 miles)	Original image scale range:	26.1 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:	6.6 degrees	Phase angle:	54.4 degrees
Solar incidence angle:	59 degrees, with the Sun about 31 degrees above the horizon	Solar longitude:	39.0 degrees, Northern Spring
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North azimuth:	97 degrees	Sub-solar azimuth:	43.2 degrees
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North azimuth:	270 degrees	Sub solar azimuth:	216.8 degrees

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