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Meridiani Planum (Released 20 January 2004)

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Context image credit: NASA/Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Team
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Long before the MER landers were named or launched, the two orbiters at
Mars were asked to examine landing sites. Both the Odyssey and Mars
Global Surveyor spacecraft have been collecting landing site data for
the past two years. The MGS and ODY data were used as part of the
decision making process in the final selection of the two landing
sites. The types of data collected by the two orbiters included not
only images of the surface but also thermal data about the surface
composition, atmospheric data about the climate at each location, and
the tracking of major dust storms in the region prior to landing. The
presence of, and data collected by, the MGS and ODY orbiters have
proven invaluable in MER mission planning.

This image, captured on 13 April 2003, shows an area to the west of
Opportunity's projected landing spot on Meridiani Planum.

[Questions? Email images@themis.asu.edu [12] ]

[Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team]

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Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor
geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical
correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear
shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to
approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and
geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary
Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal
Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State
University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote
Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at
Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the
prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the
orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin
and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University

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Parameter   Value       Parameter   Value

Latitude   -4.8        Instrument   VIS

Longitude   355.8E (4.2W)        Resolution (m)   19

Image Size (pixels)   3234x1405        Image Size (km)   61.4x26.7

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