HiPOD: Friday, 6 May 2022
Candidate Recent Impact Site

A Candidate Recent Impact Site
From the Context Camera team, a new candidate impact was detected on 24 July 2020 that was not present in a previous image of this site in 2018. This follow up image is essential for measuring the crater diameter and confirming if there are any small, bright areas indicative of ice.

ID: ESP_065745_0980
date: 5 August 2020
altitude: 246 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065745_0980
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.