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80 relations: Amazonis Planitia, Aquifer, Arcadia Planitia, Asopus Vallis, Astrogeology Research Program, Athabasca Valles, Basalt, Bernard (crater), Burton (crater), Clay, Climate of Mars, Columbus (crater), Daedalia Planum, Dark slope streak, Dejnev, Dust devil, Ejriksson (Martian crater), Fault (geology), Fossa (geology), Geology of Mars, Graben, Groundwater on Mars, Gypsum, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HiRISE, HiWish program, Iceland, Impact crater, Inverted relief, Labou Vallis, Lake George (New York), Lakes on Mars, Landform, Latin, Linear ridge networks, List of quadrangles on Mars, Lucus Planum, Magma, Mangala Valles, Mariner 4, Mariner 9, Mars, Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbiter Camera, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Mars Orbiter Mission, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars rover, MAVEN, ..., Medusae Fossae Formation, Minio Vallis, MOC Public Targeting Program, New York (state), Nicholson (Martian crater), Padus Vallis, Planetary geology, Quadrangle (geography), Sabis Vallis, Samara Valles, Silicate minerals, Sirenum Fossae, Solar panel, Spectrometer, Sulfate, Terra Cimmeria, Terra Sirenum, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tinia Valles, United States Geological Survey, Valley, Valley network, Vallis (planetary geology), Viking program, Water on Mars, Williams (Martian crater), Yardang, Yardangs on Mars, 2001 Mars Odyssey. Expand index (30 more) »
Amazonis Planitia
Amazonis Planitia is one of the smoothest plains on Mars.
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Aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).
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Arcadia Planitia
Arcadia Planitia is a smooth plain with fresh lava flows and Amazonian volcanic flows on Mars.
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Asopus Vallis
Asopus Vallis is a valley in the Memnonia quadrangle on Mars, located at 4.4° south latitude and 149.7° west longitude.
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Astrogeology Research Program
The Astrogeology Research Program is a program of the United States Geological Survey concerned with the study of planetary geology and planetary cartography.
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Athabasca Valles
Athabasca Valles is an outflow channel on Mars, cut into its surface by catastrophic flooding.
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Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.
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Bernard (crater)
Bernard is a large crater in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 23.6° south latitude and 154.3° west longitude.
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Burton (crater)
Burton is an impact crater in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 14.1°S latitude and 156.4°W longitude, and is inside Terra Sirenum.
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Clay
Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.
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Climate of Mars
The climate of the planet Mars has been an issue of scientific curiosity for centuries, in part because it is the only terrestrial planet whose surface can be directly observed in detail from the Earth with help from a telescope.
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Columbus (crater)
Columbus Crater is a crater in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 29.8° south latitude and 166.1° west longitude.
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Daedalia Planum
Daedalia Planum is a plain on Mars located south of Arsia Mons at and appears to be relatively featureless plain with multiple lava flows and small craters.
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Dark slope streak
Dark slope streaks are narrow, avalanche-like features common on dust-covered slopes in the equatorial regions of Mars.
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Dejnev
Dejnev is a crater on Mars, located in the Memnonia quadrangle at 25.5° south latitude and 164.8° west longitude.
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Dust devil
A dust devil is a strong, well-formed, and relatively long-lived whirlwind, ranging from small (half a metre wide and a few metres tall) to large (more than 10 metres wide and more than 1000 metres tall).
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Ejriksson (Martian crater)
Ejriksson Crater is an impact crater in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 19.4°S latitude and 173.9°W longitude, and is in the north of Terra Sirenum.
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Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.
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Fossa (geology)
In planetary geology, a fossa (pl. fossae) is a long, narrow depression (trough) on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
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Geology of Mars
The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars.
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Graben
In geology, a graben is a depressed block of the Earth's crust bordered by parallel faults.
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Groundwater on Mars
During past ages, there was rain and/or snow on Mars; especially in the Noachian and early Hesperian epochs.
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Gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O.
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High Resolution Stereo Camera
High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) is a camera experiment on Mars Express.
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HiRISE
For the Apple accessory see Twelve South High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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HiWish program
HiWish is a program created by NASA so that anyone can suggest a place for the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to photograph.
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.
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Inverted relief
Inverted relief, inverted topography, or topographic inversion refers to landscape features that have reversed their elevation relative to other features.
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Labou Vallis
Labou Vallis is a valley in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 8.7° south latitude and 154.5° west longitude.
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Lake George (New York)
Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.
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Lakes on Mars
In summer 1965, the first close-up pictures from Mars showed a cratered desert with no signs of water.
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Landform
A landform is a natural feature of the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Linear ridge networks
Linear ridge networks are found in various places on Mars in and around craters.
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List of quadrangles on Mars
The surface of Mars has been divided into 30 quadrangles by the United States Geological Survey, so named because their borders lie along lines of latitude and longitude and so maps appear rectangular.
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Lucus Planum
Lucusplanummap.jpg|Map showing the boundaries of Lucus Planum.
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Magma
Magma (from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma) meaning "thick unguent") is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.
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Mangala Valles
Mangala Valles is a complex system of criss-crossing channels on Mars, located in the Tharsis region and in the Memnonia quadrangle.
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Mariner 4
Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner–Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode.
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Mariner 9
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was an unmanned NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
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Mars Express
Mars Express is a space exploration mission being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996.
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Mars Orbiter Camera
The Mars Orbiter Camera and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) were scientific instruments on board the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
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Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
MOLA topographic images of the two hemispheres of Mars. This image appeared on the cover of ''Science'' magazine in May 1999. The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) was one of five instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, which operated in Mars orbit from September 1997 to November 2006.
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Mars Orbiter Mission
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan ("Mars-craft", from मंगल mangala, "Mars" and यान yāna, "craft, vehicle"), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and exploration of Mars from orbit.
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Mars rover
A Mars rover is an automated motor vehicle that propels itself across the surface of the planet Mars upon arrival.
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MAVEN
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is a space probe developed by NASA to study the Martian atmosphere while orbiting Mars.
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Medusae Fossae Formation
The Medusae Fossae Formation is a large geological unit of probable volcanic origin on the planet Mars.
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Minio Vallis
Minio Vallis is an old river valley in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 4.3° south latitude and 151.8° west longitude.
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MOC Public Targeting Program
The MOC Public Targeting Program was a very popular program that followed the Mars Global Surveyor's pictures of Mars.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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Nicholson (Martian crater)
Nicholson is a crater on Mars centered at 0.1° N and 164.5° W. It is wide, and located in the Memnonia quadrangle.
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Padus Vallis
Padus Vallis is a valley in the Memnonia quadrangle on Mars that empties into the Medusa Fossae Formation.
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Planetary geology
Planetary geology, alternatively known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites.
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Quadrangle (geography)
In geology or geography, the word "quadrangle" usually refers to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute quadrangle map, which are usually named after a local physiographic feature.
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Sabis Vallis
Sabis Vallis is an ancient river valley in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 5.3° south latitude and 152.5° west longitude.
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Samara Valles
Samara Valles is a valley bordering the Memnonia quadrangle and the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars, located at approximately 25.1° south latitude and 19.1° west longitude.
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Silicate minerals
Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals with predominantly silicate anions.
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Sirenum Fossae
Sirenum Fossae is a long trough in several quadrangles including Memnonia quadrangle and Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars, centered at 35.57° south latitude and 197.26° west longitude.
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Solar panel
Photovoltaic solar panels absorb sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity.
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Spectrometer
A spectrometer is a scientific instrument used to separate and measure spectral components of a physical phenomenon.
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Sulfate
The sulfate or sulphate (see spelling differences) ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula.
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Terra Cimmeria
Terra Cimmeria is a large Martian region, centered at and covering at its broadest extent.
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Terra Sirenum
Terra Sirenum is named after the Sirens who were birds with the heads of girls.
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THEMIS
The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) mission began in February 2007 as a constellation of five NASA satellites (THEMIS A through THEMIS E) to study energy releases from Earth's magnetosphere known as substorms, magnetic phenomena that intensify auroras near Earth's poles.
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Thermal Emission Imaging System
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) is a camera on board the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.
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Tinia Valles
Tinia Valles is an ancient valley in the Memnonia quadrangle of Mars, located at 4.7° south latitude and 149° west longitude.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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Valley
A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.
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Valley network
Valley networks are branching networks of valleys on Mars that superficially resemble terrestrial river drainage basins.
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Vallis (planetary geology)
Vallis (plural valles) is the Latin word for valley.
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Viking program
The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2.
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Water on Mars
Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere and occasionally as low-volume liquid brines in shallow Martian soil.
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Williams (Martian crater)
Williams is a impact crater on Mars, located in the Memnonia quadrangle at 18.7°S latitude and 164.3°W longitude.
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Yardang
A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand, and deflation which is the removal of loose material by wind turbulence.
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Yardangs on Mars
Yardangs are common in some regions on Mars, especially in what's called the "Medusae Fossae Formation." This formation is found in the Amazonis quadrangle and near the equator.
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2001 Mars Odyssey
2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memnonia_quadrangle
