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North Polar Basin (Mars)

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Coordinates: 67N 208E

(Redirected from Borealis basin) The North Polar Basin, or Borealis basin, is a large basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars that covers 40% of the planet. Chryse Planitia, the landing site of the Viking 1 lander, is a bay which opens into this basin.

North Polar Basin

One possible explanation for the basin's low, flat and relatively crater-free topography is that the basin was formed by a single large impact. Two simulations of a possible impact sketched a profile for the collision: low velocity6 to 10 km (3.7 to 6.2 mi) per secondoblique angle The North Polar Basin is the large blue low-lying area at the northern end of and a diameter of 1,600 this topographical map of Mars. Its elliptical shape is partially obscured by 2,700 km (9901,700 mi).[1][2] volcanic eruptions (red, center left). Topographical data from the Coordinates 67N 208E Mars Global Surveyor are consistent with the models and V T E (//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:MarsGeo&action=edit) also suggest that the elliptical crater has axes of length 10,600 km (6,600 mi) and 8,500 km (5,300 mi), centered on 67N 208E, though this has been partially obscured by later volcanic eruptions that created the Tharsis bulge along its rim. There is evidence for a secondary rim as well.[3][4] This would make the North Polar Basin by far the largest impact crater in the Solar System, approximately four times the diameter of the next largest craters: Utopia Planitia which is imbedded inside the North Polar Basin, the South Pole Aitken basin on Earth's Moon, and Hellas Planitia on the southern hemisphere of Mars.[5]

References
Martel, L.M.V. (June, 2001), "Outflow Channels May Make a Case for a Bygone Ocean on Mars" (http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June01/MarsChryse.html), Planetary Science Research Discoveries. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/June01/MarsChryse.html. (retrieved 17 August 2005)
1. ^ Marinova et al. (2008). "Mega-impact formation of the Mars hemispheric dichotomy". Nature 453 (7199): 1216 1219. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.1216M (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008Natur.453.1216M). doi:10.1038/nature07070 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2Fnature07070). PMID 18580945 (//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18580945). 2. ^ Nimmo et al. (2008). "Implications of an impact origin for the Martian hemispheric dichotomy". Nature 453 (7199): 12201223. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.1220N (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008Natur.453.1220N).
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See also
Mars Ocean Hypothesis (Oceanus Borealis) North Polar Basin (Earth) Planum Boreum Utopia Planitia Vastitas Borealis Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Polar_Basin_(Mars)&oldid=556841326" Categories: Mare Boreum quadrangle Mars stubs Astrogeology stubs Surface features of Mars This page was last modified on 26 May 2013 at 09:01. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

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