Cape Verde (Mars)
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This article is about a surface feature on Mars. For the nation, see Cape Verde.
| Cape Verde | |
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 The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at the rim of Victoria Crater as photographed from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
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| Location | Victoria Crater |
| Coordinates | 2°03′S 5°30′W / 2.05°S 5.5°WCoordinates: 2°03′S 5°30′W / 2.05°S 5.5°W |
| Type of feature | cape |
Cape Verde is a large promontory on the rim of Victoria Crater in Meridiani Planum, Mars. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity perched atop this feature to take a true color mosaic of the crater below. Sols 958 to 991 were spent on this cape, including the period of solar conjunction which spanned from sol 970 to sol 984.[1]
Cape Verde and neighboring Cabo Frio are named after Cape Verde and Cabo Frio, places visited on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world by the ship Victoria.[2]
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Cape Verde can be seen jutting out from the walls of Victoria Crater in this false-color image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
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Close-up of Cape Verde.
[edit] References
- ^ Mars Exploration Rover Mission: All Opportunity Updates
- ^ Mission Updates by Steve Squyres, including reference on naming
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