Utopia Basin Mars

Geology Of The Mer 2003 Elysium Candidate Landing Site In Southeastern Utopia Planitia Mars Tanaka 2003 Journal Of Geophysical Research Planets Wiley Online Library
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Sparsely cratered plains impact basin informally called the utopia basin 400 n 2500 w.

Utopia basin mars. The striking differences between the basins can possibly be attributed to differences in the depositional environment. Utopia planitia crater nasas mars exploration program this image from nasas 2001 mars odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed crater located in utopia planitia. Its presence there and its ancient age verify that a significant part of the northern lowlands dates back to the noachian period.
Utopia is located in the northern lowlands of mars and is marked by a 1 3 km surface depression with a diameter of 3200 km. Nowhere land plainloosely the plain of paradise is a large plain within utopia the largest recognized impact basin on mars and in the solar system with an estimated diameter of 3300 km. Its presence there and its ancient age verify that a significant part of the northern lowlands dates back to the noachian period.
Utopia basin is the largest easily recognizable impact structure in the northern hemisphere of mars and is the only portion of the northern lowlands that exhibits a distinct largescale impact signature. Some scientists have postulated that the basin formed during the impact of a single large body roughly 2 the mass of mars having a diameter of about 1900 km 1200 miles. Utopia planitia greek and latin.
This relatively young crater has a steep inner rim with floor deposits that originate from the crater rim itself. However the basin is not currently recognized as an impact basin by the iau. Utopian plain utopia planitia northern lava plain on the planet mars that was selected as the landing site of the us.
Yuan et al 2001. Viking 2 planetary probe. Utopia basin is the largest easily recognizable impact structure in the northern hemisphere of mars and is the only portion of the northern lowlands that exhibits a distinct large scale impact signature.
For those that arent intimately familiar with martian geography utopia planitia is a huge 3300 km diameter basin that formed by impact early in mars history. Northern plains of mars in mars. Utopia displays one of the larger positive gravity anomalies on mars while the gravity signal associated with hellas is a subdued slightly negative anomaly lemoine et al 2001.
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Map Of Utopia Planitia Showing The Distribution Of Mars Orbital Camera Download Scientific Diagram
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Pdf Possible Closed System Pingo And Ice Wedge Thermokarst Complexes At The Mid Latitudes Of Utopia Planitia Mars
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Figure 1 12 From The Periglacial Landscape Of Mars Insight Into The Decameter Scale Rimmed Depressions In Utopia Planitia Semantic Scholar
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The Periglacial Landscape Of Mars Insight Into The Decameter Scale Rimmed Depressions In Utopia Planitia Semantic Scholar
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