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PIA25587: Context Camera Views a Mars Impact Crater in Tempe Terra
This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was captured using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 Instrument:  CTX 
 Product Size:  3351 x 3083 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA25587.tif (8.751 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA25587.jpg (1.998 MB)  

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Figure A

This meteoroid impact crater on Mars was captured using the black-and-white Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The Context Camera took this image showing the impact, which occurred Sept. 18, 2021, in a region called Tempe Terra.

The meteoroid struck the side of a graben – a depression created by faults. The impact crater left behind is roughly 427 feet (130 meters) across.

Figure A is an annotated version of the image pointing out the crater location and including a scale bar.

NNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Context Camera was built and is operated by Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2022-10-27