PIA23735: Ares Vallis Tributary


Ares Vallis Tributary

Caption:

Context image for PIA23735
Context image

The channel seen in this VIS image is a tributary channel of Ares Vallis. This channel is not as deep as the main channel and parallels Ares Vallis before joining the the deeper channel at one of its bends. This channel is located in Margaritifer Terra.

Orbit Number: 79863 Latitude: 8.01076 Longitude: 335.715 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-12-16 05:45

Background Info:

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

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission 2001 Mars Odyssey
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Detector
Extra Keywords Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2020-02-28
Date in Caption 2019-12-16
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23735
Identifier PIA23735