- Isidis Planitia
MarsGeo-Crater
name= Isidis Planitia
caption= Topography of Isidis Planitia
region= North ofHellas Planitia , east ofSyrtis Major
latitude = 12.9
N_or_S = N
longitude = 87.0
E_or_W = E
diameter = 1500 km
depth =
discoverer=
eponym =Isidis Planitia is a plain located inside a giant impact basin on Mars, centered at coord|12.9|87.0|globe:Mars. It is the third biggest impact structure on the planet after the Hellas and Argyre basins – it is about 1500 km in diameter. The
Beagle 2 lander was about to land in the eastern part of Isidis Planitia in December2003 when contact with the craft was lost. Just to the west of Isidis isSyrtis Major , a low-reliefshield volcano that is also a prominent darkalbedo feature of Mars, which formed after the basin.Citation
last = Hiesinger
first = H.
author-link =
last2 = Head ( [http://www.planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/headpubs.htm publications] )
first2 = J. W.
author2-link =
title = The Syrtis Major volcanic province, Mars: Synthesis from Mars Global Surveyor data
journal = Journal of Geophysical Research
volume = 109
issue = E1
date =2004-01-08
year = 2004
url = http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/2763.pdf
doi = 10.1029/2003JE002143
id = E01004]References
ee also
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List of plains on Mars
*Geography of Mars External links
* [http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=13&lon=87&q=Isidis%20Planitia Google Mars zoomable map centered on Isidis Planitia]
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