The classical albedo features of Mars are the light and dark features that can be seen on the planet Mars through an Earth-based telescope. Before the...

areas. Historically, albedo features were the first (and usually only) features to be seen and named on Mars and Mercury. Early classical maps (such as those...

complex of intersecting valleys. As with other albedo features on Mars, the name Cydonia was drawn from classical antiquity, in this case from Kydonia (Ancient...

A synonym for the moth genus Hecatera Ætheria, one of the classical albedo features on Mars Aetheria: first abbess of Notre-Dame de Soissons (658) This...

Antoniadi and are listed at Classical albedo features on Mars. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaotic terrains on Mars. This list was adapted from...

range of latitudes and longitudes on the Martian surface. The quadrangles are named after classical albedo features, and they are numbered from one to...

they did not exist. Classical albedo features on Mars – Early attempts at describing the surface of Mars Face on Mars – Area of MarsPages displaying short...

and drew the first map of Mars. Features on Mars are named from a variety of sources. Albedo features are named for classical mythology. Craters larger...

of Mars observation Martian canals List of Martian canals Classical albedo features on Mars Timeline of discoveries of water on Mars Lakes on Mars Exploration...

southern highlands of Mars Syrtis Minor, another of the classical albedo features on Mars Syrtis Hill, a prominent snow-free hill on Alexander Island, Antarctica...

speculation that the darker albedo features were water and the brighter ones were land, whence followed speculation on whether Mars may be inhabited by some...

This is a list of all named mountains on Mars. Most Martian mountains have a name including one of the following astrogeological terms: Mons — large,...

points Mars made its closest approaches to the Earth. Better telescopes developed early in the 19th century allowed permanent Martian albedo features to be...

"lake of the sun") is a dark feature on Mars. It was once called "Oculus" and is still commonly called "The Eye of Mars" because with the surrounding light...

Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), about...

that appeared as a distinct dark (low albedo) spot in small telescope images of Mars. Around 1830 the earliest Mars map-makers, Johann Heinrich von Mädler...

This is a list of plains on Mars. Such features are named after the nearest classical albedo feature in compliance with the International Astronomical...

Sol (borrowed from the Latin word for sun) is a solar day on Mars; that is, a Mars-day. A sol is the apparent interval between two successive returns of...

catenae on Mars. In planetary geology, a catena is a chain of similarly sized craters. On Mars, they are named after nearby classical albedo features as prescribed...

transiently on the surface of Mars, limited to traces of dissolved moisture from the atmosphere and thin films, large quantities of ice are present on and under...

geologic units on Mars. No topography is visible on Mars from Earth. The bright areas and dark markings seen through a telescope are albedo features. The bright...

Boreum, the Martian North Pole. It is named after one of the classical albedo features on Mars. Its name was officially approved by IAU in 1988. It extends...

The common surface features of Mars include dark slope streaks, dust devil tracks, sand dunes, Medusae Fossae Formation, fretted terrain, layers, gullies...

proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature denotes the time of year as the number of degrees on its orbit from the northward...

humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies since the late 1940s as part of the broader exploration of Mars. Long-term...

Mars may contain ores that would be very useful to potential colonists. The abundance of volcanic features together with widespread cratering are strong...

colonization of Mars is the proposed process of establishing permanent human settlements on the planet Mars. Most colonization concepts focus on settling, but...

Robert M. (2007). "Global warming and climate forcing by recent albedo changes on Mars" (PDF). Nature. 446 (7136): 646–649. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..646F...

case would correspond to a lunar occultation of Mars as seen from Earth, and because the Moon's albedo is considerably less than that of the Earth, a dip...

Robert M. (2007). "Global warming and climate forcing by recent albedo changes on Mars" (PDF). Nature. 446 (7136): 646–649. Bibcode:2007Natur.446..646F...