PIA11176_-_A_Recent_Cluster_of_Impacts.jpg
Summary
Description PIA11176 - A Recent Cluster of Impacts.jpg |
English:
The dark spots in
this enhanced-color infrared image
are the recent impact craters that occurred in the Tharsis region between 2008 and 2014. These impact craters were first discovered by the Mars Context Camera (or CTX, also onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) as a
cluster of dark spots
. The meteoroid that formed these craters must have broken up upon atmospheric entry and fragmented into two larger masses along with several smaller fragments, spawning at least twenty or so smaller impact craters.
The dark halos around the resulting impact craters are a combination of the light-toned dust being cleared from the impact event and the deposition of the underlying dark toned materials as crater ejecta. The distribution and the pattern of the rayed ejecta suggests that the meteoroid most-likely struck from the south (which is up in the cutout). HiRISE frequently monitors new impact craters similar to this one; however, this is the first image of this particular impact taken by HiRISE, thanks to a request by the CTX team. Subsequent images will likely follow to monitor if there are any changes to the site from wind-blown activity or dust-deposition over time. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. |
Date | 4 October 2016 ( published 7 February 2016 ) |
Source | Catalog page · Full-res ( JPEG · TIFF ) |
Author | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona |
Location on Mars | 19° 16′ 58.8″ N, 117° 30′ 36″ W | View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps | 19.283000; -117.510000 |
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