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PIA01237: Cydonia Region - Detail
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
 Product Size:  1324 x 680 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Addition Date:  1998-04-06
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01237.tif (422.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01237.jpg (90.16 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Detail cut out of PIA01235, Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image of a 4.42 by 82.94 km area of the Cydonia Region. The left image is raw, the right has been filtered and contrast enhanced.

Orbit: 220

Range: 444.21 km

Resolution: 4.32 m/pixel

Emission angle: 44.66 degrees

Incidence angle: 64.96 degrees

Phase angle: 61.97 degrees

Scan rate: ~0.1 degree/sec

Start time: periapsis + 375 sec

Sequence submitted to JPL: Sat 04/04/98 15:15 PST

Image acquired by MOC: Sun 04/05/98 00:39:37 PST

Data retrieved from JPL: Mon 04/06/98 09:05 PDT

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1998-04-06