MOC narrow-angle image M08-05688

Mars Polar Lander 'backup' landing ellipse


MOC narrow-angle image M08-05688
MOC narrow-angle image M08-05688
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Ancillary data for MOC narrow-angle image M08-05688

Acquisition parameters
     Image ID (picno): M08-05688
     Image start time: 1999-10-23T13:23:29.16 SCET
         Image  width:    512      pixels
         Image height:  13824      pixels
Line integration time:      0.4821 millisec
   Pixel aspect ratio:      1.06
   Crosstrack summing:      4
    Downtrack summing:      4
     Compression type: MOC-PRED-X-5
            Gain mode:     0A (hexadecimal)
          Offset mode:     20 (decimal)
Derived values
Longitude of image center:    179.29°W
Latitude  of image center:     75.77°S
       Scaled pixel width:      5.53   meters
      Scaled image  width:      2.84   km
      Scaled image height:     81.31   km
     Solar longitude (Ls):    230.17°
    Local True Solar Time:      1.67   decimal hours
           Emission angle:      0.14°
          Incidence angle:     83.87°
              Phase angle:     83.77°
            North azimuth:    258.20°
              Sun azimuth:     54.29°
      Spacecraft altitude:    372.19   km
           Slant distance:    372.19   km

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Release date: 16 October 2000