Caloris Basin
Caloris Basin | |
Ciało niebieskie | Merkury |
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Średnica krateru | 1550 km |
30,50°N 189,80°W/30,500000 -189,800000 |
Caloris Basin (zwany również Caloris Planitia) – charakterystyczny basen uderzeniowy na Merkurym o średnicy 1550 kilometrów. Jest to pozostałość po uderzeniu obiektu o średnicy do 100 kilometrów[1]. Uderzenie to spowodowało utworzenie wulkanów wokół krawędzi krateru oraz uformowało swoisty górzysty „Dziwny Teren” znajdujący się po przeciwnej stronie planety.
Przypisy
- ↑ Geology and Planet Evolution. W: pod redakcją Lucy-Ann McFadden, Torrence Johnson, Paul Weissman: Encyclopedia of the Solar System. Academic Press, 2006-12-18, s. 125. [dostęp 2016-04-15].
Bibliografia
- Tajemnice Wszechświata. Jak odkrywaliśmy kosmos. Paul Murdin. Warszawa: Albatros, 2010, s. 120. ISBN 978-83-7659-067-7.
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At the very end of 2012, MESSENGER obtained the final image needed to view 100% of Mercury's surface under daylight conditions. The mosaics shown here cover all of Mercury's surface and were produced by using the monochrome mosaic released by NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) on March 8, 2013, as the base. The full resolution mosaics are available for download on MESSENGER's Global Mosaics webpage.
To fill the area near the north pole, the PDS product was trimmed northward of 83°N and an average mosaic that extended from 82.5°N to 90°N was used, averaging the 0.5° latitude overlap between the PDS mosaic and the average north polar mosaic. To fill the area near the south pole, the PDS product was trimmed southward of 85.5°S and an average mosaic that extended from 85°S to 90°S was used, again averaging the 0.5° latitude overlap. Any remaining gaps in the global mosaic were filled by using images obtained in support of the high-incidence imaging campaign.
This image is a brightness-corrected version of the original (Mercury - complete mono basemap 2500mpp equirectangular.png). Brightness levels were tuned from [0 - 255] to [30 - 180] for increase of contrast.Mariner 10 photomosaic of Caloris Basin on Mercury, with labels