Mare Acidalium (Gradfeld)

Image of the Mare Acidalium, the large impact craters Lomonossow (far top right) and Kunowsky (top right) are easy to see. The famous face of Mars can be found at the bottom right.

The Mare-Acidalium - degree field belongs to the 30 degree fields of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-4, the degree field covers the area from 0 ° to 60 ° west longitude and from 30 ° to 65 ° south latitude .

origin of the name

The name comes from an albedo feature in the area of 45 ° N and 330 ° E on Mars, the area was named after a spring or well in Boeotia , in ancient Greece where in Greek mythology Venus bathed with her admirers. The name was given in 1958 by the International Astronomical Union .

geology

The Gradfeld contains many geological formations such as erosion channels and possible coastlines of a former northern ocean . Different areas are heavily layered. The border between the southern plateaus and the northern lowlands is also here. The well-known “Mars face” ( Cydonia Mensae ) is also located in the Gradfeld. Furthermore there is Kasei Valles , a system of canyons . While the terrestrial Grand Canyon measures 28 km, it is 482 km.

Other degree fields

Web links

Commons : Mare Acidalium - collection of images, videos and audio files

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.
↑ Mare Acidalium in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ HiRISE | Complex Crater in Arabia Terra (PSP_010354_2165). In: hirise.lpl.arizona.edu. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
↑ Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-283 release. In: mars.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .
↑ HiRISE | (Almost) Silent Rolling Stones in Kasei Valles. (No longer available online.) In: hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016 ; accessed on October 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 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.
↑ 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] Mare Acidalium in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[3] HiRISE | Complex Crater in Arabia Terra (PSP_010354_2165). In: hirise.lpl.arizona.edu. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .

[4] Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-283 release. In: mars.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .

[5] HiRISE | (Almost) Silent Rolling Stones in Kasei Valles. (No longer available online.) In: hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu. Archived from the original on October 1, 2016 ; accessed on October 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[mapping_mars-6] Oliver Morton: Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World . Picador USA, New York 2002, ISBN 0-312-24551-3 , p. 98.

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

[8] 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.