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Atlas of Mars, Mare Acidalium quadrangle, MC-4

Open-File Report 73-328
Prepared in cooperation with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and the Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr73328

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Abstract

This mosaic is made with computer enhanced Mariner 9 pictures, rectified and scaled to a Lambert conformal projection. Computer processing was performed by the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Processing included contrast enhancement and high-pass filtering which accentuates topographic features while subduing albedo variations. Photographic reproductions of the images were generated from the IPL digital magnetic tapes and mosaicked by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Relative horizontal placement of pictures is controlled by spacecraft tracking data, with adjustment to fit the Mariner 9 control net of August, 1972 where possible. Individual analytical adjustment of pictures was not performed. Standard deviation of image placement discrepancy is less than 5 km. The projection is based on a theoretical dynamical ellipticity of 1/192. The scale is based on an equatorial radius of 3393.4 km.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Atlas of Mars, Mare Acidalium quadrangle, MC-4
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 73-328
DOI 10.3133/ofr73328
Year Published 1973
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 1 Plate: 29.07 x 32.41 inches
Other Geospatial Mars
Projection Lambert Conformal Projection
Scale 4336000
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