NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Hebes Chasma 09-01-2004

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The THEMIS Image of the Day will be exploring the nomenclature of Mars for the next three weeks.

Hebes Chasma

• Chasma: deep, elongated, steep-sided depression
• Hebes: Goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera,

  cupbearer to the gods on Mount Olympus.

  After tripping and spilling the nectar, she

  was replaced by Ganymede. Hebes married

  Hercules after he was made a god.

Hebes Chasma is part of a smaller chasma system located north

of the main Valles Marineris chasma system. In this

VIS image both walls of the canyon are visible. Note

the layering near the top of the canyon walls, and

the erosion of material.

Nomenclature Fact of the Day: Major bright features on Titan will

be named for sacred or enchanted places from legends,

myths, stories, and poems from cultures around the

world. Major dark features will be named for legendary or

mythical primordial seas or enchanted waters. Other

features will be named for deities of happiness, peace,

and harmony.

[Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team]

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