Xantha's Terra
| Highlands on Mars | ||
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| Xantha's Terra | ||
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| Xanthe Terra (left half of the picture), next to Margaritifer Terra | ||
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| position | 3 ° 0 ′ N , 48 ° 0 ′ W | |
Xanthe Terra ( Latin for golden yellow land; named 1979) is a large highland region on Mars .
description
The area extends on both sides of the equator, from the lowland Chryse Planitia in the north to the Mariner valleys in the south. At its widest point, it measures 2,456 km. Cartographically, the region is partly in the southeast of the Lunae Palus - Gradfeld , in the southwest of the Oxia Palus - Gradfeld , in the northeast of the Coprates - Gradfeld and in the northwest of the Margaritifer Sinus - Gradfeld.
Images of spacecraft Mars Express , Mars Global Surveyor and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show former river valleys and deltas . The deltas consist of several thin layers, similar to the structure of those on Earth .
gallery
5 km impact crater with river deposits of the Nanedi Valles
Shadow of the Martian moon Phobos , north of the Nanedi Valles
Landslide in the west of Ganges Chasma
Cartographic boundaries of Xanthe Terra and other regions
Web links
- Xanthe Terra in google.com/mars (English)
- DLR: Rain on Mars? Four billion years ago, lake deposits formed in impact craters September 24, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xanthe Terra in the IAU's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (WGPSN) / USGS
- ↑ David M. Nelson, Ronald Greeley: Geology of Xanthe Terra outflow channels and the Mars Pathfinder landing site . In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets . tape 104 , E4, April 25, 1999, ISSN 2156-2202 , pp. 8653-8669 , doi : 10.1029 / 98JE01900 ( wiley.com [accessed June 6, 2016]).