Columbia Hills on Mars

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Martian surface feature geological formation hill range

Columbia Hills on Mars is a range of hills within Gusev Crater explored by NASA’s Spirit rover, named in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Columbia Hills 3
Columbia Hills silica-rich deposits 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian surface feature ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
hill range ⓘ
containsMineral goethite ⓘ
hematite ⓘ
sulfates ⓘ
containsRockType altered volcanic rocks ⓘ
basaltic rocks ⓘ
sulfate-rich rocks ⓘ
coordinateSystem areocentric coordinates ⓘ
discoveredBy Spirit rover NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationRelativeToGusevFloor several tens of meters higher ⓘ
evidenceFor aqueous alteration ⓘ
past water activity on Mars ⓘ
exploredBy Mars Exploration Rover Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spirit rover NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalAge Noachian ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Husband Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubfeature Clovis outcrop ⓘ
Cumberland Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Dorado dune field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Home Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Husband Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larry’s Lookout NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larry’s Lookout outcrop NERFINISHED ⓘ
McCool Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Methuselah outcrop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tennessee Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Spur ⓘ
honors Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew NERFINISHED ⓘ
imagedByOrbiter Mars Global Surveyor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Gusev Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter STS-107 crew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedBy NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMission Mars Exploration Rover program NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfMars Aeolis quadrangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
scientificSignificance key site for early Martian habitability studies ⓘ
studiedByInstrument APXS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microscopic Imager NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mini-TES NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mössbauer spectrometer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pancam NERFINISHED ⓘ
surfaceProcessEvidence hydrothermal alteration ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
visitedByRoverSolRange Spirit sols ~150–800 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gusev crater → SpiritOperationalArea → Columbia Hills on Mars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Hills
Gusev crater → contains → Columbia Hills on Mars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Hills silica-rich deposits
Gusev crater → hasCentralFeature → Columbia Hills on Mars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Hills
Husband Hill on Mars → locatedIn → Columbia Hills on Mars ⓘ
subject surface form: Husband Hill
this entity surface form: Columbia Hills
Columbia → memorializedBy → Columbia Hills on Mars ⓘ