15, 1998). "Oceans in the past history of Mars: Tests for their presence using Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data". Geophysical Research Letters... 24 KB (2,296 words) - 23:11, 17 March 2024 |
Olympus Mons (category Mountains on Mars) large shield volcano on Mars. It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA): about two and a half... 30 KB (3,631 words) - 09:13, 19 April 2024 |
Lidar (redirect from Laser altimeter) planet. Laser altimeters produced global elevation models of Mars, the Moon (Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)) Mercury (Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA))... 128 KB (14,556 words) - 09:51, 5 April 2024 |
Areography (redirect from Topography of Mars) exceed 273.16 K (0.01 degrees C, 32.018 degrees F). In 2001, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data led to a new convention of zero elevation defined as the... 26 KB (3,155 words) - 14:22, 26 January 2024 |
List of extraterrestrial memorials (section Mars) Memorial Station – Viking 2 lander (1976) Carl Sagan Memorial Station – Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) base (1997) Challenger Memorial Station – MER-B (Opportunity)... 11 KB (906 words) - 12:06, 25 April 2024 |
operation on Mars. § - Spacecraft intended for Martian moons (Phobos and Deimos), †Entry Mass, ♦ Estimated, MOLA - Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter List of artificial... 16 KB (948 words) - 12:37, 15 April 2024 |
Hellas Planitia (category Impact craters on Mars) from the volcanic Hadriacus Mons complex to the northeast, two of which Mars Orbiter Camera images show contain gullies: Dao Vallis and Reull Vallis. These... 18 KB (1,820 words) - 00:28, 26 January 2024 |
Tharsis (category Mountains on Mars) volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of Mars. The region is home to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System, including... 33 KB (4,000 words) - 20:53, 14 December 2023 |
flight. An example of a program using protoflight methods is the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter project. A protoflight approach carries a higher technical risk... 1 KB (152 words) - 11:46, 28 August 2018 |
orbiter and NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, and Deep Space 2 penetrators all suffering various terminal errors. Mars Climate Orbiter is... 33 KB (3,596 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024 |
methane levels on Mars. Methane could be produced by microorganisms or by geological means. The European ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter started mapping the... 205 KB (19,940 words) - 13:48, 17 April 2024 |
Acidalia Planitia (category Plains on Mars) Martian ocean. Craters on Acidalia Planitia are asymmetrical. Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data revealed that the slopes of the pole-facing crater... 10 KB (1,063 words) - 09:29, 29 April 2024 |
theories and that Mars never had plate tectonics that could modify the dichotomy. Laser altimeters and radar-sounding data from orbiting spacecraft have... 64 KB (7,193 words) - 04:16, 29 April 2024 |
orbits of Earth and Mars brought them closer than they had been in about 60,000 years. Mars Express consists of two parts, the Mars Express Orbiter and... 58 KB (6,302 words) - 01:58, 6 February 2024 |
Head, J. 2000. "North polar region of Mars: topography of circumpolar deposits from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data and evidence for asymmetric... 4 KB (428 words) - 15:34, 27 November 2022 |
Tharsis Montes (category Mountains on Mars) ˈmɒntiːz/) are three large shield volcanoes in the Tharsis region of the planet Mars. From north to south, the volcanoes are Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsia... 5 KB (619 words) - 04:14, 22 May 2023 |
have covered 36% of Mars. Data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), which measures the altitude of all terrain on Mars, was used in 1999 to... 265 KB (28,728 words) - 05:06, 29 April 2024 |
Valles Marineris (redirect from Mars rift) (/ˈvælɪs mærɪˈnɛərɪs/; Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system of canyons that runs along... 25 KB (2,927 words) - 16:50, 29 April 2024 |
quadrangles. The maps below were produced by the Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter; redder colors indicate higher elevations. The maps... 13 KB (517 words) - 22:38, 4 March 2022 |
Viking 2 orbiters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Phobos 2, Mars 2, Mars 3, and Mars 5 orbiters, and... 18 KB (1,007 words) - 15:44, 24 March 2024 |
are seven orbiters surveying the planet: Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, the Trace Gas Orbiter, the Hope Mars Mission,... 120 KB (11,258 words) - 00:51, 29 April 2024 |