Accession Number:

AD0601634

Title:

RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE PRODUCTION OF A MAP OF THE VISIBLE FEATURES OF MARS,

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

HARVARD COLL OBSERVATORY CAMBRIDGE MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Menzel,D. H.
• Young,A. T.
• de Vaucouleurs,G.
• Finsen,W. S.
• Leighton,R. B.

Report Date:

1964-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

Areocentric coordinates of about 150 Martian surface features are determined from photographs taken at the 1954 and 1956 oppositions. The data lead to the tentative conclusion that the flattening of the solid surface of the planet is about twice the dynamical value. The coordinates of a large number of clouds and other temporary features are also given. Author

Descriptors:

• *MARS(PLANET)
• MAPPING
• EXTRATERRESTRIAL TOPOGRAPHY
• PHOTOGRAPHY
• PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
• PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS
• DATA PROCESSING
• POSITION FINDING
• PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
• ASTROPHYSICS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE