Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Double Impact
Original Caption Released with Image:
19 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows two craters that formed at the same time by a split meteoritic impactor. Long after they formed, these craters have been eroded, degraded, and other materials have been deposited on and within them.

Location near: 35.0°S, 328.0°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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:
1024 samples x 1896 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1316
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Impactor
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
19 December 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03651
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03651
orignial url:

Double Impact