Name That Rocky World
- 8th Feb 2017
- Author: Tamela Maciel
There have been some truly stunning images coming back from spacecraft around the Solar System recently. Rather than focus on one world or photograph, how about a little game of Name That Rocky World?
Below are six images that give an up close and personal view of different rocky bodies in the Solar System.
Think you recognise them? Send us your answers as comments to the relevant posts on our Facebook or Twitter pages, or email us direct at spacecomms@spacecentre.co.uk. Major space kudos to anyone who gets all six right!
Answers will be released on Tuesday 14 February, and this blog post updated accordingly.
1.
Cliffs towering 900 metres straight up and a rugged foreground strewn with boulders create a haunting scene on this rocky world.
Photo captured October 2014.
2.
Swirling layers resemble an iced bun on this world. The layers are thought to be sculpted by strong winds.
Mosaic images captured between 2004 and 2010.
3.
Fractured ridges and channels tell a dynamic history of the surface of this world.
Image captured November 1997.
4.
Jagged mountains rising up to 2.4 kilometres high end abruptly at a wide, fractured plain.
Image captured July 2015.
5.
Jagged hills rising 2 kilometres high are the striking, sunlit centrepiece in this rough terrain.
Image captured June 2011.
6.
This impact crater spans 1.2 kilometres across, created by an iron-nickel asteroid that slammed into this world about 50,000 years ago.
Image captured June 2007.
Good luck!
All will be revealed on Tuesday 14 February.
