Cebrenia (Gradfeld)

Image of the Cebrenia Gradfeld. The northwest is relatively flat, the southeast contains Hecates Tholus and Phlegra Montes

The Cebrenia - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-7, the degree field covers the area from 180 ° to 240 ° west longitude and from 30 ° to 65 ° south latitude . It contains part of Utopia Planitia and Arcadia Planitia .

origin of the name

The name comes from an albedo feature in the area of 50 ° N and 150 ° E on Mars, the area was named after the plains around ancient Troy . The name was confirmed by the International Astronomical Union in 1958 .

geology

The most famous features are the large Mie and Stokes craters , Hecates Tholus , and the Phlegra Montes mountain range . Viking II landed near Mie on September 3, 1973.

Other degree fields

Web links

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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.
↑ Cebrenia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ Ezell EK, Ezell LN On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. 1958-1988. (Chapter 10) . The NASA History Series. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1984. NASA, Washington, DC
↑ 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] Cebrenia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[3] Ezell EK, Ezell LN On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet. 1958-1988. (Chapter 10) . The NASA History Series. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1984. NASA, Washington, DC

[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.