Syrtis Major Planum (formerly Syrtis Major Planitia) is a massive shield volcano in the eastern hemisphere of Mars. A "dark spot" (an albedo feature),...
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Syrtis Major may refer to: Syrtis Major Planum, ancient volcanic area on Mars Gulf of Sidra, body of water on the coast of Libya This disambiguation page...
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Syrtis Major Planum is a "dark spot" (an albedo feature) located in the boundary between the northern lowlands and southern highlands of Mars Syrtis Minor...
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30° north on Mars. Syrtis Major quadrangle includes Syrtis Major Planum and parts of Terra Sabaea and Isidis Planitia. Syrtis Major is an old shield volcano...
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seen from Earth is Syrtis Major Planum. The permanent northern polar ice cap is named Planum Boreum. The southern cap is called Planum Australe. Mars's...
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Volcanism on Mars (section Syrtis Major)
HiRISE under HiWish program. Location is the Elysium quadrangle. Syrtis Major Planum is a vast Hesperian-aged shield volcano located within the albedo...
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List of plains on Mars (redirect from Sinai Planum)
rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", depending on height. Planitia (plural: planitiae) is Latin for plain....
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the low albedo of less than 0.15 are mainly localised over Syrtis Major Planum, Daedalia Planum, Valles Marineris and Acidalia Planitia. The low albedo is...
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various informal names (such as the Hourglass Sea for what is now Syrtis Major Planum) but there was no overall system. The first astronomer to name Martian...
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submarine was named after Syrtis Major Planum region of Mars; thus far, she has been the only ship to bear the name "Syrtis". After training off several...
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Nilo Syrtis (or Nilosyrtis) is a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars, at approximately 23°N, 76°E and an elevation of −0.5 km. It marks a...
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formed on the large volcanic construct of either Tharsis, Elysium, or Syrtis Major Planum. A 2017 study dated them to at least four different eruptions from...
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Mars 2020 (section Major mission milestones and works)
crater, Holden crater, Jezero crater, Mawrth Vallis, Northeastern Syrtis Major Planum, Nili Fossae, and Southwestern Melas Chasma. A workshop was held...
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distinct albedo features on the planet, including the dark patch Syrtis Major Planum and polar ice caps. They were able to determine the planet's rotation...
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Nebula, part of the Lagoon Nebula Hourglass Sea, an early name for Syrtis Major Planum, a feature of Mars Hourglass corset, a type of undergarment Hourglass...
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used the name "Canale Atlantico" for what later came to be called Syrtis Major Planum. The canals were named by Schiaparelli and others[who?] after both...
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Russia.) Alba Mons Olympus Mons Arsia Mons Ascraeus Mons Pavonis Mons Syrtis Major Planum Maat Mons Theia Mons Io Io, a moon of Jupiter, has several volcanoes...
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in 2004. The first albedo feature ever seen on another planet was Syrtis Major Planum on Mars in the 17th century. Today, thanks to space probes, very...
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nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum). He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine...
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village in Patepur Tehsil, Vaishali, Bihar, India Nilo Syrtis, a region just north of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars Nile (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Sirenum and Aurorae Sinus. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is Syrtis Major Planum. The shield volcano, Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus), rises 22 km above...
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formed on the large volcanic construct of either Tharsis, Elysium, or Syrtis Major Planum. It has been shown that the nakhlites were suffused with liquid water...
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Kaiser. In Richard Proctor's now-abandoned Martian nomenclature, Syrtis Major Planum was called the "Kaiser Sea". This nomenclature was later dropped...
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needed] Dacite is found extraterrestrially at Nili Patera caldera of Syrtis Major Planum on Mars. Lassen Volcanic National Park Potosí, Bolivia Ştefan, Avram;...
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0° to 40° S latitude. However, the most prominent dark marking, Syrtis Major Planum, is in the northern hemisphere. The classical albedo feature, Mare...
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Martian surface; they are most prominent in Hesperia Planum, Syrtis Major Planum, Lunae Planum, Malea Planum, and the Syria-Solis-Sinai Plana in southern Tharsis...
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Antoniadi (Martian crater) (category Syrtis Major quadrangle)
Antoniadi is a crater on Syrtis Major Planum in the Syrtis Major quadrangle, Mars, located at 21.5° north latitude and 299.2° west longitude. It is 394 km...
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despite the fact that the company's durinium mining operation on Syrtis Major Planum was suspended some time ago, a three-man maintenance team recently...
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Isidis Planitia (category Syrtis Major quadrangle)
over. Eskers formed under the ice. Just to the west of Isidis is Syrtis Major Planum, a low-relief shield volcano that is a prominent dark albedo feature...
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from Northeast Syrtis. It is located in the northern hemisphere of Mars at coordinates 18°N,77°E in the northeastern part of the Syrtis Major volcanic province...
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