Very (Martian crater)
Very (Martian crater)
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 Topographic location map of Very Crater | |
| Planet | Mars |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 49°36′S 177°06′W / 49.6°S 177.1°W / -49.6; -177.1Coordinates: 49°36′S 177°06′W / 49.6°S 177.1°W / -49.6; -177.1 |
| Diameter | 114.81 |
| Eponym | Frank Washington Very |
Eastern side of Very Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Channel on floor of Very Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Gullies are also visible in a smaller crater to the south (bottom). Note this is an enlargement of the previous image of Very.
Very is a crater on Mars, located south of the planet's equator in the heavily cratered highlands of Terra Sirenum in the Phaethontis quadrangle at 49.6°S and 177.1°W. It measures approximately 115 kilometers in diameter. Approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1973, the crater was named after Frank Washington Very.[1] About half a crater diameter to the west is the 180th meridian marking the easternmost and the westernmost extremities of the planet.
Very is located west of the large crater named Copernicus, it is also located northwest of Liu Hsin, two other further named craters are to the west in the Eridania quadrangle in the planet's Eastern Hemisphere and are Bjerknes and Rossby.
Contents
1 Description
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Description[edit]
On the basis of their form, aspects, positions, and location amongst and apparent interaction with features thought to be rich in water ice, many researchers believed that the processes carving the gullies involve liquid water. However, this remains a topic of active research.
As soon as gullies were discovered,[2] researchers began to image many gullies over and over, looking for possible changes. By 2006, some changes were found.[3] Later, with further analysis it was determined that the changes could have occurred by dry granular flows rather than being driven by flowing water.[4][5][6] With continued observations many more changes were found in Gasa Crater and others.[7]
With more repeated observations, more and more changes have been found; since the changes occur in the winter and spring, experts are tending to believe that gullies were formed from dry ice. Before-and-after images demonstrated the timing of this activity coincided with seasonal carbon-dioxide frost and temperatures that would not have allowed for liquid water. When dry ice frost changes to a gas, it may lubricate dry material to flow especially on steep slopes.[8][9][10] In some years frost, perhaps as thick as 1 meter.
See also[edit]
- Climate of Mars
- Impact crater
- Impact event
- List of craters on Mars
- Martian Gullies
- Ore resources on Mars
- Planetary nomenclature
- Water on Mars
References[edit]
^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Very". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ Malin, M., Edgett, K. 2000. Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars. Science 288, 2330–2335.
^ Malin, M., K. Edgett, L. Posiolova, S. McColley, E. Dobrea. 2006. Present-day impact cratering rate and contemporary gully activity on Mars. Science 314, 1573_1577.
^ Kolb, et al. 2010. Investigating gully flow emplacement mechanisms using apex slopes. Icarus 2008, 132-142.
^ McEwen, A. et al. 2007. A closer look at water-related geological activity on Mars. Science 317, 1706-1708.
^ Pelletier, J., et al. 2008. Recent bright gully deposits on Mars wet or dry flow? Geology 36, 211-214.
^ NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "NASA orbiter finds new gully channel on Mars." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 March 2014. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140322094409.htm
^ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-226
^ http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_032078_1420
^ http://www.space.com/26534-mars-gullies-dry-ice.html
External links[edit]
- Google Mars linked to the Newton Crater
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Newton Crater: Evidence for Recent Water on Mars (26 June 2000)
- Newton Crater
- Solar Views
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