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Cerberus plains: a most excellent pathfinder landing site
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Plescia, Jeff B. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | The Cerberus Plains in southeastern Elysium and western Amazonis cover greater than 10(exp 5) sq km, extending an east-west distance of approximately 3000 km and a north-south distance of up to 700 km near 195 deg. Crater numbers are 89 plus or minus 15 craters greater than 1 km/10(exp 6) sq km, indicating a stratigraphic age of Upper Amazonian and an absolute age of 200-500 Ma. The material forming the surface is referred to as the Cerberus Formation. The two ideas postulated about the unit's origin are fluvial and volcanic. Regardless of which interpretation is correct, the Cerberus Plains is an important candidate for a pathfinder landing site because it represents the youngest major geologic event (be it fluvial or volcanic) on Mars. |
| File Size | 142843 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950009783 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t51g5mp70 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Landing Sites Craters Axioms Planetary Geology Morphology Mars Surface Stratigraphy Mars Volcanoes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
