Isidis Planitia Central Peak

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This is an image of a substantial central peak on the floor of a larger crater in Isidis Planitia. A good diagram showing the structural difference between simple and complex craters is http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/science/craterstructure.html.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

Context

Image ID:

V12591008 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 5.4112

Longitude: 93.5573

Orbit Number: 12591

Captured: 2004-10-15 20:22

Posted to Web: Wed, 2005-03-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035816 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.036275 km/pixel

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