Location of Viking 1 Lander on the surface of Mars |
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| Authors: | Elliot C Morris Kenneth L Jones Jan P Berger |
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| Institution: | U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, USA;Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA;Department of Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA |
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| Abstract: | A location of the Viking 1 Lander on the surface of Mars has been determined by correlating topographic features in the lander pictures with similar features in the Viking orbiter pictures. Radio tracking data narrowed the area of search for correlating orbiter and lander features and an area was found on the orbiter pictures in which there is good agreement with topographic features on the lander pictures. This location, when plotted on the 1:250,000 scale photomosaic of the Yorktown Region of Mars (U.S. Geological Survey, 1977) is at 22.487°N latitude and 48.041°W longitude. |
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