Peace Vallis
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Peace Vallis and related alluvial fan near the Curiosity rover landing ellipse and landing site ("Bradbury Landing") (noted by +). | |
| Coordinates | 4°13′S 137°14′E / 4.21°S 137.23°ECoordinates: 4°13′S 137°14′E / 4.21°S 137.23°E |
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| Length | 35.24 km (21.90 mi) |
| Naming | adopted by the IAU on September 26, 2012 after a "River in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada".[1] |
Peace Vallis is an outflow channel in Gale Crater in the Aeolis quadrangle on the planet Mars; it appears to have been carved by fluids, perhaps water.[2][3][4] The valley 'flows' southeast down out of the hills of Gale Crater to Aeolis Palus below near "Mount Sharp" and is centered 4°13′S 137°14′E / 4.21°S 137.23°E.[1] Peace Vallis is near the landing site ("Bradbury Landing") of the Curiosity rover which started studying the valley in 2012. The name, Peace Vallis, was officially adopted by the IAU on September 26, 2012.[1]
Images
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Map of actual (and proposed) Rover landing sites including Gale Crater.
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Gale Crater - Landing site is within Aeolis Palus near Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp") - North is down.
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Gale Crater - Landing site is noted - also, alluvial fan (blue) and sediment layers in Aeolis Mons (cutaway).
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Curiosity rover landing site (green dot) - Blue dot marks Glenelg Intrigue - Blue spot marks "Base of Mount Sharp" - a planned area of study.
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Curiosity rover landing site ("Bradbury Landing") viewed by HiRISE (MRO) (August 14, 2012).
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Aeolis Palus and "Mount Sharp" in Gale Crater as viewed by the Curiosity rover (August 6, 2012).
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Layers at the base of Aeolis Mons - dark rock in inset is same size as the Curiosity rover (white balanced image).
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Aeolis Mons in Gale Crater as viewed from the Curiosity rover (August 9, 2012) (white balanced image).
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Gale Crater rim about 18 km (11 mi) North of the Curiosity rover (August 9, 2012).
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First-Year & First-Mile Traverse Map of the Curiosity rover on Mars (August 1, 2013) (3-D).
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IAU Staff (September 26, 2012). "Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Peace Vallis". IAU. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brown, Dwayne; Cole, Steve; Webster, Guy; Agle, D.C. (September 27, 2012). "NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed On Martian Surface". NASA. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NASA (September 27, 2012). "NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Old Streambed on Mars - video (51:40)". NASAtelevision. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chang, Alicia (September 27, 2012). "Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream". AP News. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
External links
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Look up Peace Vallis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gale Crater. |
- Google Mars scrollable map - centered on Peace Vallis.
- Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On Mars - September, 2012
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