PIA15445: Nicholson Crater


Nicholson Crater

Caption:

Context image for PIA15445
Context image

There is a large deposit of material on the floor of Nicholson Crater, as seen in this image. This pile of material appears to be undergoing erosion by the wind.

Orbit Number: 44958 Latitude: 0.112352 Longitude: 195.448 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-02-02 02:46

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 Crater, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2012-03-14
Date in Caption 2012-02-02
Image Credit NASA/JPL/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15445
Identifier PIA15445