Arcadia (Gradfeld)

The Arcadia - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-3, the degree field covers the area from 60 ° to 120 ° west longitude and from 30 ° to 65 ° south latitude .

The name comes from an albedo feature in the range of 45 ° N and 260 ° E on Mars, the area was named after Arcadia , a mountain region in southern Greece . The name was released by the International Astronomical Union in 1958 . In the Gradfeld there is Alba Patera , the largest volcano in the solar system in terms of area and volume , and Tempe Terra , a highly rugged area the size of Alaska .

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Web links

Commons : Arcadia - collection of images, videos and audio files

DLR: Highland-lowland border in Tempe Terra May 8, 2006

Individual evidence

↑ 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.
^ Arcadia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ 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] 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.

[2] Arcadia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

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

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

[5] 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.