3D print Gusev crater, Spirit's landing site on Mars
Spirit's home on one print: the whole 160 km crater and the valley that breaks through its southern rim, from Mars elevation data.
Where it is 14.53°S 175.52°E Mars
- Diameter
- About 160 km (100 mi)
- Spirit landed
- January 4, 2004 (UTC)
- Distance driven
- About 7.7 km (4.8 mi)
- Named for
- Matvei Gusev (1826-1866)
203 by 202 km of Mars, 160 mm across
About Gusev crater
Gusev is an impact crater about 160 km (100 mi) across. A long valley, Ma'adim Vallis, breaks through its southern rim, which is why scientists thought the crater might once have held a lake and sent NASA's Spirit rover there.
Spirit landed on January 4, 2004 (UTC), about 13.4 km (8 mi) from its target. Planned for 90 Martian days, it worked for more than six years, drove about 7.7 km (4.8 mi) and climbed Husband Hill, 106 m (348 ft) above the landing site. It got stuck in soft soil beside Home Plate in May 2009, and its last contact was on March 22, 2010. The crater is named for the Russian astronomer Matvei Gusev.
Sources: IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Gusev, NASA Science: Spirit, NASA JPL: Ma'adim Vallis, NASA JPL: Spirit on Husband Hill
