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NGM Mars Supplement Map S This view of Mars is a mosaic com- Average distance 141,637,725 mi (227,943,824 km) from the sun: prising thousands of photographic Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere Closest point 128,409,598 mi (206,655,215 km) images from NASA’s Mars Global to the sun: 154,865,853 mi (249,232,432 km) Surveyor. The true-color map shows North Pole North Pole Farthest point from the sun: what astronauts would see P Boreales Scopuli Ge P Length of year: 687 Earth days O L M L m L a e 75° O l A 75° 75° in ina A M i a 75° approaching the red planet from Earth— P y N EU g p d Average orbital velocity: 15 mi/s (24.1 km/s) ly l m UM R ula N U m n S m a p BO UM RE ly m c p nu ia G BO O u U Average temperature: -81°F (-63°C) including jagged valleys, craggy S a ia m e an ia c n U m i l p a d n n i S P lym Length of day: 24.6 hours n i d Chasma c O Boreale o p u l i slopes, craters, and polar ice caps. d a ae ia C Equatorial diameter: 4,220 mi (6,792 km) T av h i Olympia Korolev Mars’s surface changes constantly, ol Abalos Mass (Earth=1): 0.107 i Undae Abalos Mensae however, so scientists are finding 60° Colles Siton 60° 60° 60° Density: 245 lbs/ft³ (3.93 g/cm³) Undae and naming new features each week. V Aspledon V Surface gravity (Earth=1): 0.38 A Undae S A S Axial tilt: 25° I Lomonosov I S S Known moons: 2 T L MARS T Louth L I A For centuries Mars has stoked earthly imaginations, tantalizing stargazers I A a C o l T R E T R E a n d i l e s A S B O Ortygia A S B O S c and scientists with the prospect of extraterrestrial life. Before the space Stokes Phoenix (U.S.) Kunowsky Colles P a n A age the planet was thought to be Earthlike—a potential home to A c h Milankovič Landed I I a A e L i R a May 25, 2008 L A I A a č s civilization. But as technology improved, a cold, dry world D Micoud R C 45° A r e a A 45° I I T u A I D 45° p 45° D o E I C N C P D A D s xtent of seasonal frost C Acidalia came into focus. Shrouded by a thin atmosphere of A A y ē I C a A d s h A A R Colles L Lyot Extent of seasonal frost n u a s A P s A i I carbon dioxide, the inhospitable surface is one n l I s ki R u P T d T ey D p e L I o e I Acidalia m e ē s Ismenia e s u N a Perepelkin N Mensa of the most rugged in the solar system. S te g A A c s Patera e r Mie T P P L a A on Pyramus U r yn N F l i da r L lus P ll I P Bamberg l r Fossae t Viking 2 (U.S.) A s Cydonia o Vivero a h T o o M t s o a e o o g n Landed e Barabashov ns i I t s a l l s Labyrinthus n V e u A n s Bonestell e s p September 3, 1976 F Cydonia a Moreux M o l e l M v e M o Colles s Ismeniae a e u a i n a a V o s a k r Fossae s F Sinton a a N g u l Timoshenko s O e e ier A C b s Sytinskaya Sklodowska C I n b Ascuris P Bree m o e Alba Mons r o O C r a s s T h t l l Renaudot U r a R i H l C n 30° on Gonnus Mons i 30° 30° o c r a 30° Dorsum E r o o Aesacus e F TEMPEo Kufra ot a e t Eden Patera M e l e h o Alba Tanaica Montes t R R A l u ag d c C E e u s T e A Patera F CYDONIA Maggini T s i V s s o F A n A D N j a y d n p a a Tartarus a i l r l Adams s MENSAE A o i m V l Galaxias a e a e u E A a l i D t Planum I s l Colles c e S Rudaux ē s H es s Chaos Hecates n r Y Quenisset s u s L e a l R Curie B Ni t a a e Tholus e H F p Cerulli a l p s b o a C o s a Nilokeras e u p A e s s y u y r A s T l m r C Bacolor h G F a M Scopulus t o l in r St Lockyer r t R h i l e a y M s e s s g i n h a n is o TERRA t i A c A u M h c F Z a T u Z Z l o s o s s T A k e u e s O Luzin s V e s t t M n a a N F A a i s u s a l p e I S T I q l s s le a l h T e T u a n I a N Oyama a Becquerel A a e s S a R t y S s e S A w V Uranius Sharonov n e s L A Uranius s e P r r t l Oxia t u u a u Mons l h r A Elysium Cyane a Tholus s s k s a V e I t s Tooting i i a Colles s i C i T o o V a Cassini n I F Mons e R Sulci Tractus l N S e s u p n A Flammarion P L A o K s u e l a Peridier l a s Viking 1 (U.S.) m i e s l p s c Uranius F Mars Pathfinder (U.S.) T Elysium E i u Fossae s a s X l R l m p u i SACRA MENSA C a y s T u Patera Landed u Chasma e s l m e a t Landed l s o H o y a u i e u o i u Olympus Mons l Baldet r s c e Rutherford o l p N l O r Ceraunius s g l O s Fesenkov July 20, 1976 July 4, 1997 B e l h C P Highest point on Mars o a F e a C a A I N p O L F e r Tholus i Pasteur e d n Antoniadi s V A s d i st Albor c c X Schöner N T us 15° 69,715 ft t F Radau 15° l u ē I C a 15° Gill V M s 15° e T S a i s Tholus t I o n Trouvelot a A a F a 195° 21,249 m a a r lli s I s s u r Sulci s t 345° 15° E o 165° S Orcus c N s h s y a y e s r a r V e V a r s V e U Patera M 210° Gordii Jovis b a 30° K K e 330° Jezero 150° M e a a e C Toro ISIDIS R 225° Tholus o A 45° L V o 315° 135° t L L n a u A Pettit O s 240° 60° 120° 300° l t a e e 255° 270° 285° e s Marth s 75° 90° 105° T r l s a l y p D C Tikhonravov u t h e s R m a l l m e n C a v a u l A a p s h e s i u s R Masursky s A s r R s r Eddie T E c h u s y l s N T s Ascraeus Mons s epe o o L U N A E s Henry e nt C i i l a he D Danielson L e a e V S Y R T I S s l F l e h P r Tharsis Tholus Sagan PLANITIA e l b l l t a Arago s V o n e C T Gigas a u u r r a u a s V a s c n m h A N a s C l s C E Nili Beagle 2 (U.K.) e e F e r V a o Sulci l s a e u P a l u s l a N E e s l a l s s c o Patera P a m m o r r e k 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