HiRISE | Looking at the Crater Half Full (ESP_076968

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Looking at the Crater Half Full
ESP_076968_1475 Science Theme: Geologic Contacts/Stratigraphy

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Planetary scientists look for targets that help them better understand the area they are interested in. In this particular image, there is a small (1 kilometer, or 0.6 mile, wide) crater that appears to be partly-filled by deposits that have flowed into, and around it.

With this observation, scientists can learn more about the nature of these deposits. The crater offers an opportunity to gain more information about the flowing behavior of these deposits and their thickness given that the crater size can be used to estimate its depth. This provides insight into the thickness of the deposits partly filling it.

Written by: Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry (3 April 2023)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_076823_1475.

Acquisition date
27 December 2022

Local Mars time
14:28

Latitude (centered)
-32.401°

Longitude (East)
173.861°

Spacecraft altitude
251.2 km (156.1 miles)

Original image scale range
55.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning) so objects ~166 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
50 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
25.3°

Phase angle
68.5°

Solar incidence angle
48°, with the Sun about 42° above the horizon

Solar longitude
0.6°, Northern Spring

For non-map projected images
North azimuth: 95°
Sub-solar azimuth: 43.4°

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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.