Airy-0

Airy-0

MarsGeo-Crater
name=Airy-0


caption=Three images of Airy-0 taken by, from A to C, Mariner 9, Viking 1 and Mars Global Surveyor. Airy-0 is the larger crater toward the top-center in each frame.
region=Inside Airy Crater
latitude = 5.1
N_or_S = S
longitude = 0
E_or_W = E
diameter=0.5km
depth=
discoverer=
eponym=Sir George Biddell Airy

Airy-0 is a crater on Mars whose location defines the position of the prime meridian of that planet. Airy-0 is about 0.5 kilometers across and lies within the larger crater Airy in the region Sinus Meridiani.

Airy crater was named in honor of the British Astronomer Royal Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), who in 1850 built the "transit circle" telescope at Greenwich. The location of that telescope was subsequently chosen to define the location of Earth's prime meridian.

The selection of this crater as Mars' prime meridian was made by Merton Davies in 1969 based on Mariner 6 and 7 photographs. [cite book| title=Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World| first=Oliver| last=Morton| publisher=Picador USA| location=New York| year=2002| isbn=0312245513| pages=22-23]

References

* [http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/01_31_01_releases/airy0/ The Martian Prime Meridian]
* [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM0VQV4QWD_0.html Where is zero degrees longitude on Mars?]

External links

* [http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=-5.014338&lon=0.120849&zoom=9&
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