Coprates (Gradfeld)

The Coprates - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-18, the degree field covers the area from 45 ° to 90 ° west longitude and from −30 ° to 0 ° south latitude . It is known for the "Grand Canyon of Mars", the Valles Marineris Canyon system.

The name comes from a river of the same name in the ancient Persian Empire , which Diodorus mentions in his historical work.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Coprates 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] Coprates in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[mapping_mars-2] Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

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

[4] 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.