Released August 27, 2004The THEMIS Image of the Day will be exploring the nomenclature of Mars
for the next three weeks.
Scylla Scopulus
- Scolupus: lobate of irregular scarp
- Scylla: The nymph Scylla was turned into a 6-headed monster by
the sorceress Circe. As a monster Scylla ate six of Odysseus' crewmen in
Homer's Odyssey.
Scylla Scopulus is an irregular scarp located in the southern highlands
of Mars. The arrows on the daytime IR image are pointing to the scarp
where it crosses the image. Scylla Scopulus faces eastward, while
Charybdis Scopulus [located to the east of Scylla] faces westward.
Nomenclature Fact of the Day: The asteroid Gaspra was named for a
spa in the Crimea, so its craters are named for spas worldwide.
Image information: IR instrument. Latitude -20.1, Longitude 19 East (341
West). 100 meter/pixel resolution.
Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor
geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical
correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear
shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to
approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and
geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary
Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission
Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe,
in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS
investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State
University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor
for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission
operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a
division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
