Diacria Quadrangle - Arcadia Planitia, Acheron Fossae, Tartarus Colles, Maunder, Erebus Montes, Cyane Fossae (Paperback)


Chapters: Arcadia Planitia, Acheron Fossae, Tartarus Colles, Maunder, Erebus Montes, Cyane Fossae. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Diacria quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The quadrangle is located in the northwestern portion of Mars western hemisphere and covers 180 to 240 east longitude (120 to 180 west longitude) and 30 to 65 north latitude. The quadrangle uses a Lambert conformal conic projection at a nominal scale of 1:5,000,000 (1:5M). The Diacria quadrangle is also referred to as MC-2 (Mars Chart-2). The southern and northern borders of the Diacria quadrangle are approximately 3,065 km and 1,500 km wide, respectively. The north to south distance is about 2,050 km (slightly less than the length of Greenland). The quadrangle covers an approximate area of 4.9 million square km, or a little over 3% of Mars surface area. The Phoenix Landers landing site (68.22 N, 234.25 E) lies about 186 km north of the northeastern quarter of the quadrangle. Diacria is the name of a telescopic albedo feature located at 48 N and 190 E on Mars. The feature was named by Greek astronomer E. M. Antoniadi in 1930 after a highland area in northern Attica, Greece. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1958. The Diacria quadrangle is located at the northwestern edge of the Tharsis volcanic plateau. Topographic, volcanic, and tectonic features associated with the large volcanoes Olympus Mons (south of map area) and Alba Mons (east of map area) characterize the southeastern and east central portions of the quadrangle. The northern and western areas of the quadrangle lie in the northern lowland plains of Mars and c...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21549877

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Chapters: Arcadia Planitia, Acheron Fossae, Tartarus Colles, Maunder, Erebus Montes, Cyane Fossae. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Diacria quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The quadrangle is located in the northwestern portion of Mars western hemisphere and covers 180 to 240 east longitude (120 to 180 west longitude) and 30 to 65 north latitude. The quadrangle uses a Lambert conformal conic projection at a nominal scale of 1:5,000,000 (1:5M). The Diacria quadrangle is also referred to as MC-2 (Mars Chart-2). The southern and northern borders of the Diacria quadrangle are approximately 3,065 km and 1,500 km wide, respectively. The north to south distance is about 2,050 km (slightly less than the length of Greenland). The quadrangle covers an approximate area of 4.9 million square km, or a little over 3% of Mars surface area. The Phoenix Landers landing site (68.22 N, 234.25 E) lies about 186 km north of the northeastern quarter of the quadrangle. Diacria is the name of a telescopic albedo feature located at 48 N and 190 E on Mars. The feature was named by Greek astronomer E. M. Antoniadi in 1930 after a highland area in northern Attica, Greece. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1958. The Diacria quadrangle is located at the northwestern edge of the Tharsis volcanic plateau. Topographic, volcanic, and tectonic features associated with the large volcanoes Olympus Mons (south of map area) and Alba Mons (east of map area) characterize the southeastern and east central portions of the quadrangle. The northern and western areas of the quadrangle lie in the northern lowland plains of Mars and c...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21549877

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September 2010

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978-1-158-37055-9

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