Victoria Crater Vs Big Crater, Visibility |
Victoria Crater Vs Big Crater, Visibility |
Mar 29 2005, 12:06 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I'm not really asking a question really - just posing an issue
Mars Pathfinder was about 2.2km from 'Big Crater' which was about 1.5km wide. Now - Victoria is only half that size - but it says something about local topography that we cant see it from where we are now - about 3-4km from it. Doug |
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Apr 2 2005, 01:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 356 Joined: 12-March 05 Member No.: 190 |
Sadly, I think Victoria crater will be somewhat disappointing.... not asthetically (it will doubtless be beautiful perched on the rim), but scientifically. Endurance crater was ~20 m deep and Victoria crater appears to be ~20-30 m deep, but we've climbed about 10 m or so since leaving endurance, so we'll be seeing the exact same stratigraphy as we saw in endurance! Oh well, maybe "etched terrain" will reveal some surprises.
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Apr 2 2005, 12:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Apr 2 2005, 01:05 AM) Sadly, I think Victoria crater will be somewhat disappointing.... not asthetically (it will doubtless be beautiful perched on the rim), but scientifically. Endurance crater was ~20 m deep and Victoria crater appears to be ~20-30 m deep, but we've climbed about 10 m or so since leaving endurance, so we'll be seeing the exact same stratigraphy as we saw in endurance! Oh well, maybe "etched terrain" will reveal some surprises. I think it's possible that Victoria is deeper than it appears in this profile- it's near the resolution limit of MOLA (it doesn't show up very clearly on the MOLA map), so MOLA may not show its full depth. Let's hope so! |
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