Post by glactus on Oct 9, 2011 1:20:38 GMT
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on the planet Mars. At a height of almost 22 km (14 miles), it is roughly three times as tall as Mount Everest and is the tallest known mountain in the Solar System. Olympus Mons is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars, having formed during Mars' Amazonian Period.
Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons had been known to astronomers since the late 19th century as the albedo feature Nix Olympica (Latin for "Snows of Olympus"). Its mountainous nature was suspected well before space probes confirmed its identity as a mountain.
Olympus Mons mountain high
The volcano is located in Mars' western hemisphere at approximately 18‹24ŒN 226‹00ŒE / 18.4‹N 226‹E / 18.4; 226] just off the northwestern edge of the Tharsis bulge. The western portion of the volcano lies in the Amazonis quadrangle and the central and eastern portions in the adjoining Tharsis quadrangle. Two impact craters on Olympus Mons have been assigned provisional names by the IAU
Olympus mons on Mars
They are the 15.6 km (10 miles)-diameter Karzok crater and the 10.4 km (6 miles)-diameter Pangboche crater The craters are notable for being two of several suspected source areas for shergottites, the most abundant class of Martian meteorites.
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Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons had been known to astronomers since the late 19th century as the albedo feature Nix Olympica (Latin for "Snows of Olympus"). Its mountainous nature was suspected well before space probes confirmed its identity as a mountain.
Olympus Mons mountain high
The volcano is located in Mars' western hemisphere at approximately 18‹24ŒN 226‹00ŒE / 18.4‹N 226‹E / 18.4; 226] just off the northwestern edge of the Tharsis bulge. The western portion of the volcano lies in the Amazonis quadrangle and the central and eastern portions in the adjoining Tharsis quadrangle. Two impact craters on Olympus Mons have been assigned provisional names by the IAU
Olympus mons on Mars
They are the 15.6 km (10 miles)-diameter Karzok crater and the 10.4 km (6 miles)-diameter Pangboche crater The craters are notable for being two of several suspected source areas for shergottites, the most abundant class of Martian meteorites.
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Text by Wikipedia