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Examples of ICA Planetary Maps


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Map of Eros 433
Map of the asteroid Eros in Simple Cylindrical Projection, generated by Phil Stooke.



Relief map of Mathilde
A shaded-relief map of the asteroid Mathilde, generated by Phil Stooke.


Contact Philip Stooke (pjstooke@julian.uwo.ca) for further information about these products, as well as maps of Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars.


Mars Multilingual Map


Mulit-lingual map of Mars
This is a portion of a new simplified map of the planet Mars, with explanatory text given in five languages on the back of the map. It is the first map product generated through the efforts of Commission members.

Contact Manfred Buchroithner (buc@karst9.geo.tu-dresden.de) for information concerning the specifics of the map itself, or Kira Shingareva (Kira.Shingareva@caravan.ru) for future plans for other multilingual planetary maps.

Check out the ICA Multilingual Glossary for explanations of scientific terms found in ICA documents.



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