Phobos Mars Express SRC Global Mosaic 12m v1
Product Information:
This global mosaic of Phobos uses 26 Super Resolution Channel (SRC) images and 8 Viking images to produce a global mosaic in a resolution of 12 meters per pixel (m; Willner et al., 2008).
The research leading to the data products has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme ([FP7/2007-2013]) under grant agreement number 263466 for the FP7-ESPaCE program.
Mission and Instrument Information:
Mars Express is a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) it launched in June 2003 onboard a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. There are seven instrument suites onboard Mars Express: Aspera Energetic Neutral Atoms Analyzer (ASPERA), High/Super Resolution Stereo Colour Imager (HRSC, SRC), Mars Radio Science Experiment, Mars Subsurface Sounding Radar/Altimeter (MARSIS), Omega IR Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer (Omega), Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS), and UV and IR Atmospheric Spectrometer (SPICAM).
The instrumentation onboard Mars Express was designed to reach the scientific objectives of the mission which include: global high-resolution photogeology at 10 m per pixel resolution, super resolution photogeology of selected areas of the planet at 2 meters per pixel, global high spatial resolution mineralogical mapping at a resolution range from a kilometer per pixel to several 100 meters per pixel, global atmospheric circulation characterization, subsurface characterization, surface-atmosphere interaction, structure of the interior and surface geochemistry and exobiology.
Phobos is a very irregular body often approximated by a tri-axial ellipsoid for simplicity. With a mean distance of only 9375 km to the center of Mars – which relates to approximately 6000 km above the Martian surface – it is orbiting deep in the Martian gravity field. Its orbit is in a nearly equatorial plane and almost circular.
Reference:
Willner, K., Oberst, J., Wählisch, M., Matz, K.-D., Hoffman, H., Roatsch, T., Jaumann, R., & Mertens, V. (2008). New astrometric observations of Phobos with the SRC on Mars Express. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 488, 361-364. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809787
- Publisher
- Europlanet Research Infrastructure
- Author
- Mars Express HRSC Instrument Team
- Originator
- Group
- PDS
- Added to Astropedia
- 1 December 2015
- Modified
- 3 February 2020
General
- Purpose
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) was involved in an in-depth study of Phobos, a natural satellite of Mars. Based on images of the multi-spectral line scanning High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) and the Super Resolution Channel (SRC) – a frame camera – the department of Planetary Geodesy was to observe Phobos in its orbit, determined shape parameters computed global digital elevation models, prepared a first low scale maps based on image data only, derived new estimates on its rotational parameters and could derive mass distribution models agreeing to all other constraining parameters.
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- Global Mosaic, Remote-sensing Data, Raster Data
- Edition
- 0.1
- Online Linkage
- https://planetarymaps.usgs.gov/mosaic/Phobos_ME_SRC_Mosaic_Global_16ppd.tif
- Native Data Set Environment
- ISIS v3
- Supplemental Information
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200809787
Keywords
- System
- Mars
- Target
- Phobos
- Theme
- Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Satellites
- Mission
- Mars Express
- Search Terms
- Mars Express, Mosaic, Phobos
Contact and Distribution
- Access Constraints
- public domain
- Use Constraints
- Please cite authors
Data Status and Quality
- Time Period of Content Begin
- 1 January 2003
- Time Period of Content End
- 31 December 2009
- Currentness Reference
- Ground condition
- Progress
- In Work
- Update Frequency
- As needed
- Logical Consistency Report
- 26 SRC images and 8 Viking images were used to produce a global mosaic in a resolution of 16 pixel/ degree (Willner et al., 2008).
- Completeness Report
It is anticipated to further improve and update the terrain model, the preliminary image mosaics, and maps with more image data available.
- Process Date
- 1 June 2009
- Process Description
VICAR was used mosaic the 26 SRC images and 8 Viking image of Phobos (Willner et al., 2008).
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Best Effort
- Entity and Attribute Detailed Description
- Willner, K., Oberst, J., Hussmann, H., Giese, B., Hoffmann, H., Matz, K., Roatsch, T., and Duxbury, T.: Phobos control point network, rotation, and shape, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 294, Issues 3–4, 2010
Lineage
- PDS Status
- PDS 3 Archived
- Source PDS Archive
- Mars Express
- Source Originator
- Europlanet Research Infrastructure
- Source Publication Date
- 1 June 2009
- Source Title
- Phobos
- Source Online Linkage
- https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/mex.html , https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/mex_mission.html
- Type of Source Media
- Online
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Best Effort
Geospatial Information
- Minimum Latitude
- -90
- Maximum Latitude
- 90
- Minimum Longitude
- -180
- Maximum Longitude
- 180
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Raster
- Object Type
- Pixel
- Lines (pixels)
- 2880
- Samples (pixels)
- 5760
- Bit Type
- 8
- Quad Name
- Radius A
- 11100
- Radius C
- 11100
- Bands
- 1
- Pixel Resolution (meters/pixel)
- 12.11
- Scale (pixels/degree)
- 16
- Horizontal Coordinate System Units
- Meters
- Map Projection Name
- Simple Cylindrical
- Latitude Type
- Planetocentric
- Longitude Direction
- Positive East
- Longitude Domain
- -180 to 180