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Valles Marineris (/ˈvælɪs mærɪˈnɛərɪs/;
Latin for
Mariner Valleys,
named after the
Mariner 9 Mars
orbiter of 1971–72
which discovered it) is a system...
- 6 mi tall) and one of the
largest canyons in the
Solar System (Valles
Marineris, 4,000 km or 2,500 mi long). Mars has two
natural satellites that are...
- name
Coprates refers to
Coprates Chasma, a
central trough of the
Valles Marineris,
named after the Gr**** name of the Dez
River in Persia. The
Coprates quadrangle...
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Tharsis or by a
giant impact that
excavated the
Northern Lowlands.
Valles Marineris may be a
tectonic boundary.
Observations made of the
magnetic field of...
- /ˈmiːləs ˈkæzmə/ is a
canyon on Mars, the
widest segment of the
Valles Marineris canyon system,
located east of Ius
Chasma at 9.8°S, 283.6°E in Coprates...
- the
United States. The name for the
whole system of
canyons is
Valles Marineris.
Starting at the west with
Noctis Labyrinthus in the
Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle...
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February 18, 2007;
March 28, 2010; July 22, 2012;
April 24, 2016)
Valles Marineris: The
Grand Canyon of Mars (July 16, 1995; July 20, 1995; June 27, 1997;...
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region of Mars
located in the
Phoenicis Lacus quadrangle,
between Valles Marineris and the
Tharsis upland. The
region is
notable for its maze-like system...
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Hebes Chasma is an
isolated chasma just
north of the
Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. It is
centered at 1
degree southern latitude and 76 degrees...
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fault zones can be
identified on the
surface of Mars (e.g., in the
Valles Marineris trough),
which can be
likened to plate-bounding
transform faults on Earth...
