Endeavour Crater
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Endeavour Crater is a large impact crater on Mars extensively studied by NASA’s Opportunity rover for its ancient geological and potentially habitable environments.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Martian crater
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impact crater ⓘ |
| arrivalDateOfOpportunity | 2011-08-09 ⓘ |
| arrivalSolOfOpportunity | 2681 ⓘ |
| containsFeature |
Cape Tribulation rim segment
ⓘ
Cape York rim segment NERFINISHED ⓘ Matijevic Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray Ridge rim segment NERFINISHED ⓘ Solander Point rim segment ⓘ |
| containsRockUnit |
Copper Cliff unit
ⓘ
Esperance outcrop ⓘ Matijevic Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoemaker Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitewater Lake outcrops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDiameter |
14 miles
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22 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasCentralFeature | eroded central uplift remnants ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
ancient aqueous alteration
ⓘ
neutral to mildly alkaline water ⓘ potentially habitable past environments ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge | Noachian ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | approximately 2.3°S ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | approximately 354.5°E ⓘ |
| hasMineralogy |
phyllosilicates
ⓘ
smectite clays ⓘ sulfates ⓘ |
| hasRimFeature |
Cape Tribulation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape York NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Solander Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance |
key site for studying early Martian habitability
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preserves some of the oldest accessible rocks visited by Opportunity ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphy |
impact breccias
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pre-impact crustal rocks ⓘ sulfate-rich sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Meridiani Planum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | HM Bark Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameHonors | James Cook’s ship Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedByInstrument |
APXS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CRISM NERFINISHED ⓘ MI NERFINISHED ⓘ Navcam NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedByOrbiter |
Mars Global Surveyor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| olderThan | surrounding Meridiani Planum plains ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Opportunity rover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetOfMission |
Mars Exploration Rover-B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opportunity extended mission ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Opportunity rover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Opportunity