Granicus Valles (Mars)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Vallis, valles
- IAU definition
Valley
- Diameter
- 777.8 km, 23 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 30.58° N, 129.97° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1982
- Origin of the name
Ancient name for river in Turkey.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Granicus Valles.
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 | 352 | September 15, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Mars Global Surveyor · Mars Orbiter Camera | 14,569 | October 14, 1997 | October 16, 2006 |
| 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter · Thermal Emission Imaging System | 15,292 | March 25, 2002 | November 26, 2025 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | 1,087 | April 6, 2004 | December 29, 2018 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite | 450 | April 23, 2004 | January 6, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · High Resolution Stereo Camera | 440 | December 15, 2004 | October 11, 2024 |
| ESA's Mars Express · Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding | 1,997 | July 19, 2005 | March 19, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Context Camera | 447 | September 28, 2006 | May 12, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars | 11,988 | October 3, 2006 | May 4, 2022 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment | 490 | December 26, 2006 | June 13, 2026 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Shallow Radar | 1,876 | March 11, 2007 | December 16, 2025 |
| ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter · Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System | 749 | September 9, 2018 | December 16, 2024 |
| Viking Orbiter 1 and 2 · Visual Imaging Subsystem Camera A/B | 377 | 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/2237
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms