designated it Tharsis Tholus. In planetary geology, tholus (pl. tholi) is the term for a small domical mountain, usually a volcano. Tharsis Tholus lies on the...
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the word into the Latin tholus, which means cupola or dome. In 1973, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted tholus as one of a number of official...
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Astrogeology Research Program. The Tharsis quadrangle is also referred to as MC-9 (Mars Chart-9). The name Tharsis refers to a land mentioned in the Bible...
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Ceraunius Tholus is a volcano on Mars located in the Tharsis quadrangle at 24.25° north latitude and 262.75° east longitude, part of the Uranius group...
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List of mountains on Mars (redirect from Zephyria Tholus)
mountain; may or may not be of volcanic origin. plural montes — mountain range. Tholus — small dome-shaped mountain or hill. plural tholi — group of (usually not...
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feature name. Uranius Tholus is part of the Uranius group of volcanoes and lies north of the larger Ceraunius Tholus. Tharsis is a land of great volcanoes...
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the Tharsis volcanism. Along with Ulysses Tholus, it is almost midway between Olympus Mons and the Tharsis Montes. Biblis Tholus lies in the Tharsis quadrangle...
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Ulysses Tholus is a Martian volcano. It is located in the Tharsis quadrangle at 2.89° north latitude and 121.55° west longitude. It is 58 km across and...
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biblical Tarshish. Tharsis may also refer to: Tharsis quadrangle, a quadrangle map of Mars Tharsis Tholus, a volcano on Mars Tharsis Montes, three large...
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Volcanism on Mars (section Tharsis volcanic province)
of Tharsis Tholus. Western part of Jovis Tholus, as seen by THEMIS. Neighboring Biblis and Ulysses tholi (THEMIS daytime IR mosaic). Ulysses Tholus, with...
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Jovis Tholus is a volcano in the Tharsis quadrangle of Mars located at 18.41° N and 117.41° W. It is 58.0 km across and was named after a classical albedo...
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Uranius group of volcanoes (category Tharsis quadrangle)
Mars in the northeast part of Tharsis and includes Uranius Mons, Ceraunius Tholus, and Uranius Tholus. Along with the Tharsis Montes to the southwest, they...
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others are Elysium Mons and Albor Tholus. Hecates Tholus is in the Cebrenia quadrangle. In planetary nomenclature, a "tholus" is a "small domical mountain...
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streaks are most common in the equatorial regions of Mars, particularly in Tharsis, Arabia Terra, and Amazonis Planitia (pictured left). They occur between...
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material falls into voids created by the stretching. Uranius Tholus (upper) and Ceraunius Tholus (largest) volcanoes are visible in wide context view, below...
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completed and that Jordan was completing the mixes. Prior to release, "Tharsus Tholus", the album's second track, was named "Tharsus Folus". The Red Planet was...
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Publishing, 2014) "Tall Bodies" (Sirenia Digest #80, July 2012) "Our Lady of Tharsis Tholus" (Sirenia Digest #81, August 2012; reprinted as "Our Lady of Arsia Mons"...
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Elysium Mons, Hecates Tholus, and Albor Tholus. The Elysium group of volcanoes is thought to be somewhat different from the Tharsis Montes, in that development...
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Rahe (crater) (category Tharsis quadrangle)
the Tharsis quadrangle, positioned at 25.05° north latitude and 262.52° east longitude, between the volcanoes Ceraunius Tholus and Uranius Tholus. It...
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material that can be ejected to create these features; in particular, the Tharsis rise, Olympus Mons, Elysium Mons, and Arabia Terra. As a result, very few...
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region on Mars, after Tharsis. The region includes the volcanoes (from north to south) Hecates Tholus, Elysium Mons and Albor Tholus. The province is centered...
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ISBN 978-0412446405 Plescia, J.B. (1994). "Geology of the small Tharsis volcanoes: Jovis Tholus, Ulysses Patera, Biblis Patera, Mars". Icarus. 111 (1): 246–269...
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Albor Tholus is an extinct volcano in the volcanic province Elysium on Mars. It lies south of the neighbouring volcanoes Elysium Mons and Hecates Tholus. Albor...
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Ulysses Fossae (category Tharsis quadrangle)
equivalents to terrestrial cinder cones. Map of Tharsis quadrangle with major features indicated. Tharsis contains many volcanoes, including Olympus Mons...
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They may be designated mons (mountain), patera (an irregular crater) or tholus (small mountain or hill) in accordance with the International Astronomical...
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massifs of a putative Tharsis impact basin. These putative ancient volcanoes are morphologically distinct from the Hesperian period Tharsis shield volcanoes;...
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volcano is Ceraunius Tholus and upper volcano is Uranius Tholus as seen by Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera. Ceraunius Tholus is about as high as...
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Northeast quadrant of Nili Patera is a 630 m tall volcanic cone named Nili Tholus, on and around this cone is a light-tone lava flow of chemically evolved...
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Cebrenia quadrangle (section Hecates Tholus)
parallel drainage pattern. Hecates Tholus, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor Hecates Tholus topography Hecates Tholus Ridges, as seen by HiRISE. Ridges are...
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across. It is flanked by the smaller volcanoes Hecates Tholus to the northeast, and Albor Tholus to the southeast. Elysium Mons was discovered in 1972...
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