Dome of Jupiter [2] ( lat. and English. Jovis Tholus ) is an extinct volcano on Mars , located in the region of Tharsis . The center coordinates are [3] The diameter of the structure is 58.07 km . Height ≈ 3 km .
| Jupiter Dome | |
|---|---|
| lat Jovis tholus | |
 Jupiter Dome | |
| Characteristics | |
| Crater Diameter | 28 000 m |
| Crater depth | about 1000 m |
| Education period | Noah era |
| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | about 3000 [1] m |
| Relative height | 1000 m |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Mars |
Content
- 1 Geography and geology
- 2 Gallery
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Geography and geology
Impact craters covering the volcanic Martian relief indicate that the volcano has not been active for a very long time. According to some estimates, it was formed in the Noahian era (about 3.7 billion years ago), although it is difficult to accurately determine its age [1] . Due to the great age of this volcano, it is partially buried under the lava layers, which had previously been torn to the surface of the structure; this fact made it possible to determine the actual dimensions of the caldera and the visible cone of the volcano.
The shape of this volcano is somewhat different from the rest due to the fact that the caldera is tilted in a westerly direction.
A large number of extinct volcanoes are concentrated in the province of Farsida . For example, the extinct volcano Olympus , whose height is approximately 26.2 km, is one of the largest mountains known in the solar system .
Gallery
The western edge of the dome of Jupiter, pictures of the orbiter “ Mars Odyssey ”
Topographic Map of Jupiter's Dome
See also
- Olympus (Mars)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Plescia JB Geology of Jovis Tholus, Mars (unknown) // 30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, 1999, Houston, TX, abstract no. 1648. - 1993. - .
- ↑ Nomenclature of the details of the relief of Mars, 1981 , p. 68.
- ↑ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Feature Information. Jovis tholus
Literature
- Burba G. A. Nomenclature of the details of the relief of Mars / Otv. ed. K.P. Florensky and Yu. I. Efremov. - M .: Nauka, 1981 .-- 87 p.