Showing posts with label Grainger Crater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grainger Crater. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Grainger Crater


Grainger crater, seen at the bottom of this image, exhibits a tall central peak and interesting color features, including low-reflectance material and hollows. Grainger crater was named in 2012 for Australian composer, arranger, and pianist Percy Grainger (1882-1961), many of whose compositions are considered standards of the wind symphony/military band genre.

Date acquired: January 30, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 236408235
Image ID: 1330758
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: -42.90°
Center Longitude: 105.3° E
Resolution: 119 meters/pixel
Scale: Grainger crater is approximately 113 km (70 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 65.3°
Emission Angle: 16.7°
Phase Angle: 81.7°

Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington