Noachis (Gradfeld)

The Noachis - degree field one of the 30 degree field of Mars . They were established by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The number is MC-27, the degree field covers the area from 300 ° to 360 ° west longitude and from −65 ° to −30 ° south latitude . The name comes from the Bible and stands for Noah's area.

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Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Noachis 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] Noachis 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.