Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Dissected Terrain Near Parana Valles
Original Caption Released with Image:
Portion of dissected terrain southeast of Parana Valles (MOC 7705). This heavily gullied landscape(25.9°S, 8.3°W) shows the highest "drainage density" yet seen in MOC images. This image is somewhat lower in resolution (downtrack scale = 21.4 m/pixel, crosstrack = 14.3 m/pixel) but in other parameters comparable to Figures 1 and 2 (incidence angle = 27.5°, emission angle = 14.5°).

Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO.
Addition Date:
1999-02-19
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
1023 samples x 1300 lines
Primary Data Set:
MGS EDRs
Producer ID:
MOC7705
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Observer
facet_what:
Valles
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Denver
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #:
PIA01507
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01507
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Dissected Terrain Near Parana Valles