Elysium (Gradfeld)

The Elysium - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-15, the degree field covers the area from 180 ° to 225 ° west longitude and from 0 ° to 30 ° south latitude . Elysium contains several volcanoes , including Elysium Mons and Albor Tholus and a river valley, Athabasca Valles , which could be the youngest on Mars. In the south, near Lethe Valles and Athabasca Valles, a lake may once have existed.

The name comes from an albedo feature on Mars, the area was named after a term from Greek mythology , the Elysium.

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Web links

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

DLR: Unusual flow structures in the Phlegra Montes December 2, 2011
DLR: Shaped by climate change - the south of the Phlegra Montes on Mars 19 February 2015

Individual evidence

↑ Cabrol, N. and E. Grin (eds.). 2010. Lakes on Mars. Elsevier. NY.
↑ Elysium 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.

[Cabrol,_N_2010-1] Cabrol, N. and E. Grin (eds.). 2010. Lakes on Mars. Elsevier. NY.

[2] Elysium 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.