- Erebus (crater)
MarsGeo-Crater
name=Erebus Crater
region=Meridiani Planum
latitude = 2.1
N_or_S = S
longitude = 5.5
E_or_W = W
diameter=~350metre s
depth=Effectively zero depth
discoverer=Opportunity rover
eponym="HMS Erebus"Erebus Crater is a crater on Mars was visited by the
Opportunity rover on the way to the much larger Victoria Crater. It is named after the polar exploration vessel "HMS Erebus". The rover was in the immediate vicinity of the crater from approximately sol 550 to 750 (October 2005 to March 2006).Erebus is located roughly 2,500 meters south of the much smaller Vostok Crater, which was previously visited by Opportunity. It is surrounded by what scientists are describing as "etched terrain", a region where rocks peek out from under the sand of
Meridiani Planum .Erebus is about 350 meters wide, twice as large as Endurance Crater. However, it is very old and eroded, and is barely visible from the ground; it appears merely as a number of flat rocky outcrops encircling a region of
dune s.ee also
*
List of craters on Mars
*Geography of Mars Other craters visited by "Opportunity"
*Eagle Crater
*Fram Crater
*Endurance Crater
*Argo Crater
*Vostok Crater
*Beagle Crater
*Emma Dean Crater
*Victoria CraterExternal links
* [http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/traverse_maps.html Current position of Mars rovers] - Erebus crater visible, with dates of its progress.
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051108.html Astronomy Picture of the Day from Nov 8 2005 on Erebus and Opportunity Rover]
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