PIA04808: Crater Cluster
 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:  1031 x 1546 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04808.tif (1.587 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04808.jpg (175.3 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-521, 22 October 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a cluster of impact craters in northwest Arabia Terra near 30.4°N, 13.7°W. This group of craters may have formed either by secondary impact of debris thrown out of a larger meteor crater, or by the break-up and impact of many fragments from a single incoming object. The picture covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2003-10-22