Science and Exploration

Sharonov Crater As Seen By ISRO’s Mars Orbiter

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
November 30, 2015
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Sharonov Crater As Seen By ISRO’s Mars Orbiter
Sharonov Crater
ISRO

Sharonov crater is an impact crater of size 100 km located in Lunae Palus Quadrangle of Mars.
Sharonov is located within the outflow channel system Kasei valles (Kasei mean Mars in Japanese language), a giant system of canyons is Mare Acidalium and Lunae Palus Quadrangle. This huge system is 300 miles wide in some places. In contrast, Earth’s Grand Canyon is only 18 miles wide. This image is taken by Mars colour camera on 13th November at an altitude of 24023 km with a resolution of 1.2 km

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