Looking for a present for a space enthusiast at home? Do you wish to
encourage a love of the universe among students?
A new map of Mars based on 3,000 photos stitched together is now accessible
for academics thanks to the Middle East's most successful space mission
ever.
It's incredible that the second-best studied planet in the solar system is
represented in the same manner that we all visualize our own planet in our
minds; this makes the concept of Mars as a neighbor feel so much more
relatable.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Center for Space Science and New York
University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) collaborated to construct the atlas, which
provides senior scientists with a wealth of information in addition to
serving as a display piece for science courses.
Dimitra Atri, group leader and research scientist at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD),
stated in the release, "We plan to make our map available to everyone on the
planet as part of the new and improved Atlas of Mars, which we have been
working on and will be available in both English and Arabic once
published."
It is hoped that the accessibility would make it an excellent tool for
scholars and students to learn more about Mars and highlight the
opportunities the space industry in the UAE may provide.
The Emirates Mars orbiter Hope (Al-Mal), which was launched in July 2020
from Japan and was outfitted with the Emirates Exploration Imager, exposes
the Red Planet in detail that has never previously been documented at this
size.
Every identified and investigated feature of Mars, including the biggest
volcano in the solar system, Olympic Mons, as well as polar ice caps,
extinct river and lake systems, and lake systems with their deltas that
NASA's Perseverance rover has been investigating, are shown on the
atlas.
Because of its advantageous location, the Hope probe is assisting
scientists in developing this comprehensive map of the planet, according to
Atri. Hope travels around Mars in an elliptical orbit, which enables it to
view from a great distance away from other spacecraft. This advantageous
location is assisting researchers in constructing a comprehensive picture of
the globe.
The map provides a comprehensive understanding of the circumstances in the
early solar system by revealing the history of the planet's bombardment by
asteroids. Scientists can calculate the quantity and patterns of debris from
3.5 billion years ago using the pattern of asteroidal bombardment.
