Doublet Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This doublet crater is located in Utopia Planitia, near the Elysium Volcanic region. Doublet craters are formed by simultaneous impact of a meteor that broke into two pieces prior to hitting the surface. The channels in the image are part of Granicus Valles.

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Context

Image ID:

V39556006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 26.2138

Longitude: 134.103

Orbit Number: 39556

Captured: 2010-11-14 09:17

Posted to Web: Wed, 2010-12-22

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (67 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018468 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018602 km/pixel

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