PIA03091: Impact Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a meteor impact crater in northern Tharsis. This crater is a bit more than 2 kilometers wide, about twice the size of the famous Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, USA. Many smaller craters are evident.
 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:  672 x 1674 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1274  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03091.tif (1.126 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03091.jpg (213.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

7 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a meteor impact crater in northern Tharsis. This crater is a bit more than 2 kilometers wide -- about twice the size of the famous Meteor Crater in northern Arizona, U.S.A. Many smaller craters can be seen superimposed upon the ~2 km diameter crater.

Location near: 34.4°N, 118.8°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-11-07