| 词条 | South (Martian crater) |
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| titlecolor = #FA8072 | title = South Crater | image = SouthMartianCrater.jpg | caption = Topographic location map of South Crater | coordinate_title = Coordinates | globe = Mars | coordinates = {{coord|76.9|S|21.9|E|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | diameter = 101.84 km | eponym = Sir James South }}South is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 76.9°S latitude and 21.9°E longitude. It measures 101.84 kilometers in diameter and was named after British astronomer Sir James South (1785–1867). The name was approved in 1973, by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature.[1] DescriptionVery close to the crater there is what has been named "Swiss cheese" features. Swiss cheese features (SCFs) are pits so named because they look like the holes in Swiss cheese. They were first seen in 2000 using Mars Orbiter Camera imagery.[2] They are usually a few hundred meters across and 8 metres deep, with a flat base and steep sides. They tend to have similar bean-like shapes with a cusp pointing towards the south pole. The angle of the sun probably contributes to their roundness. Near the Martian summer solstice, the sun can remain continuously just above the horizon; as a result the walls of a round depression will receive more intense sunlight, and sublimate much more rapidly than the floor. The walls sublimate and recede, while the floor remains the same.[3][4] As the seasonal frost disappears, the pit walls appear to darken considerably relative to the surrounding terrain. The SCFs have been observed to grow in size, year by year, at an average rate of 1 to 3 meters, suggesting that they are formed in a thin layer (8m) of carbon dioxide ice lying on top of water ice.[5][6] GallerySee also
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} South|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5656|website=usgs.gov|publisher=International Astronomical Union|accessdate=4 March 2015}} {{Geography of Mars}}2. ^{{cite journal| last=Thomas |display-authors=etal | journal=Nature| date=2000 | doi = 10.1038/35004528| first1=P. C.| volume=404| issue=6774| pages=161–4| pmid=10724162| title=North-south geological differences between the residual polar caps on Mars| bibcode=2000Natur.404..161T}} 3. ^Hartmann, W. 2003. A Traveler's Guide to Mars. Workman Publishing. NY NY. 4. ^Mangold, N. 2011. Ice sublimation as a geomorphic process: A planetary perspective. Geomorphology. 126:1-17. 5. ^{{cite journal | title = A Sublimation Model for the Formation of the Martian Polar Swiss-cheese Features|last = Byrne|first=S.|last2 = Ingersoll|first2=A. P.|publisher = American Astronomical Society|bibcode = 2002DPS....34.0301B | volume = 34 | date = 2002 | pages = 837 | journal = American Astronomical Society}} 6. ^http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_005095_0935 2 : Mare Australe quadrangle|Impact craters on Mars |
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