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A Mars Felszíne (Magassági Térkép) (Fekete=Magas, Fehér=Mély) A MARS FELSZÍNE (MAGASSÁGI TÉRKÉP) (FEKETE=MAGAS, FEHÉR=MÉLY) 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 350 340 330 320 310 300 290 280 270 260 250 240 230 220 210 200 190 180 P LANUM B OREUM r e a l e s m a B o OLYMPIA PLANITIA C h a 80 80 Hyperboreale Undae VASTITAS BOREALIS Koroljov es oll Lomonoszov Scandia C ARCADIA ACIDALIA 60 60 PLANITIA Milankovič PLANITIA UTOPIA PLANITIA Stokes e Kunowsky a e s a e s a Lyot Mie s s e s o o s P a e s F Viking 2 + s r t F t i s s D o o o F o eu to n r e e t n o F p er a a m onilu sae il e s Men u M b s s M T TEMPE l M 40 Alba ensae H a 40 u A ra r A d 7 km l d g ARCADIA s a V e a u e l l a TERRA CHRYSE ns m a t Quenisset h PLANITIA u l Patera a l p i P n s s Hecates Tholus AMAZONIS o nia Me Cerulli L a c a S PLANITIA rtis Men b T s Nilosy sae yrin PLANITIA Nilokera Cydo ae thus Adams ss Uranius Tholus o Elysium Mons Lockyer Olympus Mons Uranius Patera Sharonov Luzin F Baldet E Becquerel li e s Cassini i C ly 14 km a l l + Viking 1 Antoniadi h s Ceraunius Tholus Fesenkov McLaughlin N a iu 20 V s m E m 20 . i + Pathfinder . Rutherford a 21 km × Bak O Ascraeus M. s . SYRTIS L r g e Trouvelot A c UNAE e r Radau A ISIDIS L u á l e R Y Albor Tholus l s s s i S s s l l A AJOR a V M Eddie t LANUM P P a a B PLANITIA N I a l a á V T l IA A e U Tharsis V is TERR p t i e s u n e h a K i t M r a l LANUM h Tholus V P Du Martheray e - m a s a a a s V P t l M Pavonis M. j lis Aram i a L e L Hibes d yb n A s a lb i XANTHE u Chaos a s N I r a Montes ae T I A Montes Mangala h m 0 a M Mutch i 0 S h A Vallis eo h Cando S MARGARITIFER l TERRA Schiaparelli is T Men Arsia Mons r sae Apollinaris Noctis Chasma ange × Paks TERRA TERRA Dawes Gale V a ll l e OPHIR G s Patera Labytinthus s Ch M PLANUM asma MERIDIANI SINAI a r TERRA SYRIA i n e Huygens LANUM e r i s Herschel LANUM P s DAEDALIA PLANUM P Eos Chasma TYRRHENEA × Igol Maadim Vallis 20 C 20 ll BOSPOROS + Mars 6 HESPERIA PLANUM a PLANUM Hadriaca Patera SOLIS T rr s E e PLANUM nte R a ii o R s M is s t ll o AONIA s Va A F a m M u -8 km o PROMETHEI a idu on t a C i a e te NOACHIS n HELLAS D is 40 n s TERRA r o h IM n o e s ak 40 m N p rm is R TERRA M e s a ll e . M T F TERRA PLANITIA H a u Arrhenius E F e V ll l V R + Mars 3 o Lohse l + Mars 2 allis IA E ICARIA s e s Proctor H PLANUM s a Eger× ARGYRE Kaiser Kepler R e D Copernicus Tyihov ra Rossby Green va R PLANITIA Galle Va lles Lowell A Amphirites Patera Wallade Magasságok és C s mélységek (km*) 60 h a t e 60 S r i t u m M o n Secchi PLANUM 20 I CHRONIUM 10 R × Von Kármán Huxley E N MALEA 4 Charlier Stoney E U Phillips PLANUM Byrd 2 M 1 Hutton Burroughs Schmidt 0 South -3 Liais Rayleigh 80 -5 80 PLANUM Promethei Rupes C y p -6 hasma H e r n o ANGUSTUM Au t i u st s S -8 ra c o p u l u s P LANUM A USTRALE le 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 JELKULCS: + Pathfinder Űrszonda leszállóhelye Dűnék, kráter, a Tisia-völgyekben Paks kráter, Ganges Chasma fala A Mars felszíne közelről SZERKEZETEK ELNEVEZÉSE: × Eger Magyar eredetű kráternév. Chasma: mély kanyon Magassági értékek: a MOLA mérések alapján. Fossa, fossae: hosszú árok, árkok 0 meridián (hosszúság): Airy-0 kráter. Mons, montes : hegy, vulkán; hegys. Mars istenség ábrázolásának forrása: Királyhegyi Patera: vulkán János: Csízió. 1882. DTM Forrás: Mars Global Planitia: alföld, medence Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Planum: felföld, fennsík 1998-99. Fenn: nyugatra növekvő koordináta-rendszer, Terra: föld, síkság lenn: keletre növeknő (új) koordináta- Tholus: kúp (ált. vulkáni) rendszer (használatban 2002-től.) Vallis, valles: völgy, völgyek Vastitas: kiterjedt síkság 21,287 km 15,5 km Ceraunius 21,0 km 13,5 km 15,5 km Tholus Ganges 12,4 km Daedalia Lyot Daedalia Planum 4,6 km Syria Planum Valles Marineris Acidalia Planitia Arcadia Planitia Planum Chasma Utopia Planitia Ascraeus M. Arsia M. -5 km Olympus Mons Pavonis M. N Arsia Mons Noctis Labirinthus Xanthe Terra Elysium Mons É 134° Ny-i hossz. mentén16° É D 24°É 97°Ny 12°É 104°Ny 8°D 121°Ny 121° Ny Metszet: 8° É-i szélesség mentén 48° Ny Ny Metszet: 50° É-i szélesség mentén330° Ny K Ny Metszet: 25° É-i szélesség mentén 213° Ny K 1:80 000 000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 km (Érvényes az egyenlítőn).
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