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Gasa Crater

April 10, 2017
The small crater on the floor of the larger crater is called Gasa Crater. Gullies dissect the rims of both craters, as shown in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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The small crater on the floor of the larger crater is called Gasa Crater. Gullies dissect the rims of both craters. These craters are located in Eridania Planitia.

Orbit Number: 67465 Latitude: -35.7075 Longitude: 129.365 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2017-02-27 23:40

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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