Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Mars Pathfinder Landing Site
Original Caption Released with Image:
Mosaic of Viking orbiter images illustrating the location of the lander (19.17 degrees N, 33.21 degrees W in the USGS reference frame) with respect to surface features. Five prominent features on the horizon include North Knob, Southeast Knob, Far Knob, Twin Peaks, and Big Crater. Two small craters visible in the orbiter and lander views--Little Crater and Rimshot Crater--lie on the northwest outer flank of the rim of Big Crater. Because the lander is on the southeast-facing flank of a low ridge, very distant features to the south and east are in view, whereas relatively nearby features to the north are partially or completely obscured. Only the tip of North Knob, which appears larger in the Viking orbiter images than the Twin Peaks, projects above the local horizon, and a 300-m crater, 1.2 km to the northeast, is completely obscured. Viking stereo images 004A27 and 004A87 and 004A44 and 004A70. North is up; scale bar, 5 km. (Insets) (Upper right) Lander location. (Upper left) North Knob from lander. (Lower left) Far Knob from lander. (Lower right) Southeast Knob from lander. The location of the lander in inertial space (19.30 degrees N, 33.52degrees W) from the two-way ranging and Doppler tracking of the lander is coincident with Rimshot Crater.

NOTE: original caption as published in Science Magazine
Other Information:
Addition Date:
1997-12-12
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Mars Pathfinder (MPF)
Spacecraft:
Mars Pathfinder Lander
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Imager for Mars Pathfinder
Product Size:
1506 samples x 1415 lines
Primary Data Set:
MARS_PATHFINDER_PAGE
Producer ID:
P49458
MRPS86248
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Viking
facet_what:
STEREO
facet_what:
Imager
facet_what:
Mars Pathfinder
facet_what:
MPF
facet_what:
Mars Pathfinder Lander
facet_what:
Imager for Mars Pathfinder
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
December, 1997
facet_when_year:
1997
Image #:
PIA01124
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01124
orignial url:

Mars Pathfinder Landing Site