Margaritifer Sinus (Gradfeld)

The margaritifer sine - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-19, the degree field covers the area from 0 ° to 45 ° west longitude and from −30 ° to 0 ° south latitude .

The name comes from " Pearl Bay " on the Pearl Coast , India . The degree field contains many indications that there might once have been water , e.g. B. Canals, Chaos and Deltas . The region is also known for the fact that Opportunity landed here on January 25, 2004. Mars 6 crashed here.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Margaritifer Sinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
↑ Grotzinger, J. and R. Milliken (eds.) 2012. Sedimentary Geology of Mars. SEPM
↑ 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] Margaritifer Sinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

[2] Grotzinger, J. and R. Milliken (eds.) 2012. Sedimentary Geology of Mars. SEPM

[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.