Amenthes (Gradfeld)

The Amenthes - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-14, the degree field covers the area from 225 ° to 270 ° west longitude and from 0 ° to 30 ° south latitude .

The name is derived from Amenthes , the realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology . The Gradfeld contains the Isidis Basin, a location where the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter where magnesium carbonates were found. This mineral indicates that there was water there and that it was not acidic / acidic. The Beagle 2 lander was scheduled to land in the eastern part of Isidis Planitia in December 2003 , but contact was lost on the approach. In January 2015, NASA reported that Beagle 2 was found there ( 11 ° 31 ′ 35.4 ″ N , 90 ° 25 ′ 46.2 ″ E ). Mars 11.5265 90.4295

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Individual evidence

↑ Amenthes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ Doug Ellison: re Beagle 2 location on Mars => "Using HiView on image ESP_039308_1915_COLOR.JP2 I get 90.4295E 11.5265N" . In: Twitter & JPL . January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
↑ Tony Grecicius, Brian Dunbar: Components of Beagle 2 on Mars Flight System . In: NASA . January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
↑ Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.
↑ PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002
↑ Davies, ME; Batson, RM; Wu, SSC "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, HH; Jakosky, BM; Snyder, CW; Matthews, MS, Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.

[1] Amenthes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[TW-20150116-2] Doug Ellison: re Beagle 2 location on Mars => "Using HiView on image ESP_039308_1915_COLOR.JP2 I get 90.4295E 11.5265N" . In: Twitter & JPL . January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[NASA-20150116-TG-3] Tony Grecicius, Brian Dunbar: Components of Beagle 2 on Mars Flight System . In: NASA . January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

[mapping_mars-4] Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

[5] PIA03467: The MGS MOC Wide Angle Map of Mars photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov, February 16, 2002

[6] Davies, ME; Batson, RM; Wu, SSC "Geodesy and Cartography" in Kieffer, HH; Jakosky, BM; Snyder, CW; Matthews, MS, Eds. Mars. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1992.