List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover
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The following is a list of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover
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Opportunity rover
Opportunity, MER-B , is a robotic rover on the planet Mars, active since 2004. It is the remaining rover in NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission...
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Craters
- Argo (crater)Argo (crater)Argo is a crater located in the Meridiani Planum, on Mars, that was visited by the Opportunity rover approximately on its 365th Martian sol. The crater is located approximately south of the heat shield and Heat Shield Rock.-External links:*...
- Beagle (crater)Beagle (crater)This article is about the crater on Mars. For other uses, see Beagle .Beagle is a crater on Mars in Meridiani Planum which was explored by the Opportunity rover. It was located by the rover in images taken on sol 855 , 310 metres away...
- Eagle (crater)Eagle (crater)Eagle is a 22-metre impact crater located on Mars on Meridiani Planum. The Opportunity rover came to rest inside Eagle crater when it landed in 2004...
- Emma Dean (crater)Emma Dean (crater)Emma Dean is a small impact crater in Meridiani Planum on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from sols 929 to 943. The much larger crater Victoria lies about 100m to the east....
- Endurance (crater)Endurance (crater)Endurance is an impact crater on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from May until December 2004. Mission scientists named the crater after the ship Endurance that sailed to the Antarctic in an exploration voyage organized by Ernest Shackleton.The rover entered the crater interior on...
- Erebus (crater)Erebus (crater)Erebus is a crater on Mars visited by the Opportunity rover on the way to the much larger crater Victoria. It is named after the polar exploration vessel HMS Erebus...
- Fram (crater)Fram (crater)Fram is an impact crater in Meridiani Planum, on Mars. It was visited by the rover Opportunity on Sol 84, April 24, 2004.Fram spans about 8 metres in diameter. Opportunity paused beside it while travelling from the rover's landing site toward a larger crater, Endurance...
- Nereus (crater)Nereus (Martian crater)Nereus is a small impact crater on Mars with a diameter of about . It is located just south of the planet's equator on the relatively smooth Meridiani Planum ....
- Santa Maria (crater)Santa Maria (crater)Santa Maria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.172°S, 5.445°W in Meridiani Planum, visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It sits north west of the much larger Endeavour crater. It is about 80-90 meters across.-Exploration:...
- Victoria (crater)Victoria (crater)Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in Meridiani Planum, visited by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. It is roughly 730 metres wide, nearly eight times the size of the crater Endurance, visited by Opportunity from sols 951 to 1630...
- Vostok (crater)Vostok (crater)Vostok is a crater on Mars that was reached by the rover Opportunity on sol 399 . Vostok is located roughly 1200 meters south of Endurance in Meridiani Planum...
Rocks
- Bounce RockBounce RockBounce Rock is a football-sized primarily pyroxene rock found on Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in April 2004. The rock was named for the fact that it was struck by Opportunity as the craft bounced to a stop during its landing stage....
- El CapitanEl Capitan (Mars)El Capitan is a layered rock outcrop found on Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in February 2004. The rock outcrop was named for El Capitan, a mountain in Texas.- External links :*...
- Heat Shield RockHeat Shield RockHeat Shield Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite found on Mars by the Mars rover Opportunity in January 2005. The meteorite was formally named Meridiani Planum meteorite by the Meteoritical Society in October, 2005 .-Discovery:Opportunity encountered the meteorite entirely by chance,...
- Last ChanceLast Chance (Mars)Last Chance is a layered rock outcrop found on Mars, discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in March 2004. The rock lies within the outcrop near the rover's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars....
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