Coprates Chasma (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Chasma, chasmata
- IAU definition
A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression
- Diameter
- 958.3 km, 28 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 13.37° S, 299.26° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1973
- Origin of the name
Classical albedo feature name.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Coprates Chasma.
Observed by
Instruments whose footprint touches this formation, counted by the PDS Orbital Data Explorer (data frozen on September 29, 2026). A footprint that touches it is not a study of it.
| Mission and instrument | Products | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter | 484 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 12,525 | October 26, 1997 | October 17, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 26,985 | February 20, 2002 | November 29, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 1,448 | February 10, 2004 | December 25, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 1,082 | February 10, 2004 | January 11, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 976 | February 10, 2004 | February 23, 2026 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 2,632 | July 4, 2005 | March 21, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 1,652 | March 24, 2006 | April 30, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 3,029 | October 2, 2006 | July 27, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 22,230 | October 4, 2006 | May 7, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 2,884 | January 7, 2007 | July 10, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 2,883 | May 13, 2018 | December 19, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 677 | no date published | no date published |
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1302
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms