Mars Pocket Atlas is a series of books that contain geographic maps and other information on Mars.
History The first volume, Mars 36, was published for Mars Year 36, simultaneously in Hungary, the Czech Republic and in the U.K. in 2021.
Contents The atlas includes albedo (brightness), topographic (relief) information, and layers familiar from terrestrial physical maps, such as valleys (paleorivers), glacial features, dunes and sand sheets, tectonic troughs, volcanic centers; height and depth data, nomenclature and landing site information and weather maps. The series combines these datasets into a visual representation of Mars' surface features. This was enabled by geologic research on Mars in the 2010s. Such geographic atlases (in this case: areographic) do not focus on one theme, but landforms made by all physical geologic processes are visually presented in equal emphasis. The Mars 36 Atlas follows the official MC quadrangle scheme; subsequent editions show map pages centered on geographic features.
Thematic feature layers The atlas visualizes various thematic feature layers that were previously only accessible through scientific research papers:
Impact craters Volcanic terrain Cave entrances Graben, scarps and ridges Dune fields Outflow channels Flood terrain Single channels and valley networks Deltas Paleolakes Alluvial fans Glacier like forms Glacial forms such as Concentric crater fill, lineated valley fill, lobate debris apron Polar layered ice
Books Mars 36, English-Czech-Hungarian edition Mars 36, English edition for UK schools Mars 36, Turkish edition for schools in Turkey Mars 37, English edition for Kalmbach Media in the USA (Space and Beyond Box, The Mars Collection Mars 37 Discoverer, Hungarian language edition combined with activity tasks for young audience.
See also Areography (geography of Mars)
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