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HiRISE, the Glossary

High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which has been orbiting and studying Mars since 2006.^[1]

41 relations: Alluvial fan, Angular resolution, Arizona State University, Aureum Chaos, Avalanche, Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Bit, Blue, Casius quadrangle, Charge-coupled device, Curiosity (rover), Deep space exploration, Earth, Google Earth, Green, Ground speed, Hagal dune field, HiWish program, Infrared, InSight, Ismenius Lacus quadrangle, Jewel Box (star cluster), JPEG 2000, Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Moon, Nili Patera dune field, Opportunity (rover), Phoenix (spacecraft), Pingo, Pixel, Radian, Red, Reflecting telescope, University of Arizona, Victoria (crater), Voice of America.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars imagers

Alluvial fan

An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment.

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Angular resolution describes the ability of any image-forming device such as an optical or radio telescope, a microscope, a camera, or an eye, to distinguish small details of an object, thereby making it a major determinant of image resolution.

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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Aureum Chaos

Aureum Chaos is a rough, collapsed region (chaos terrain) in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) portion of the planet Mars at approximately 4.4° south latitude and 27° west longitude, it is also in the west of Margaritifer Terra.

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Avalanche

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.

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Ball Aerospace & Technologies

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., commonly Ball Aerospace, was an American manufacturer of spacecraft, components and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications.

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Bit

The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication.

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model.

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Casius quadrangle

The Casius quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.

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Charge-coupled device

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.

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Deep space exploration

Deep-space exploration is the branch of astronomy, astronautics, and space technology that is involved with exploring the distant regions of outer space.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.

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Green

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum.

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Ground speed

Ground speed is the horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the Earth’s surface.

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Hagal dune field

Hagal is the informal name of a dune field on Mars located below the north pole of Mars.

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HiWish program

HiWish is a program created by NASA so that anyone can suggest a place for the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to photograph. HiRISE and HiWish program are Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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InSight

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.

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Ismenius Lacus quadrangle

The Ismenius Lacus quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.

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Jewel Box (star cluster)

The Jewel Box (also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster, NGC 4755, or Caldwell 94) is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752.

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JPEG 2000

JPEG 2000 (JP2) is an image compression standard and coding system.

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Long Range Reconnaissance Imager

Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is a telescope aboard the New Horizons spacecraft for imaging.

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Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) is a research center for planetary science located in Tucson, Arizona.

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Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle

The Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.

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Mars Exploration Rover

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.

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Mars Global Surveyor

Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Nili Patera dune field

Nili Patera is a dune field on Mars.

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Opportunity (rover)

Opportunity, also known as MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) or MER-1, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018.

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Phoenix (spacecraft)

Phoenix was an uncrewed space probe that landed on the surface of Mars on May 25, 2008, and operated until November 2, 2008.

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Pingo

Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, high and in diameter.

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Pixel

In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in a dot matrix display device.

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Radian

The radian, denoted by the symbol rad, is the unit of angle in the International System of Units (SI) and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics.

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Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet.

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Reflecting telescope

A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is a telescope that uses a single or a combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image.

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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.

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Victoria (crater)

Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars.

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Voice of America

Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiRISE

Also known as High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.

HiRISE, the Glossary

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See also

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars imagers

References