Observation of the dust storm over the polar cap of Mars

Yuzaburo Takamura; Rino Hayakawa; Soma Ohashi; Yuna Kuriki

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Sun. May 26, 2019 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Tatsuhiko Hara(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute), Katsuyoshi Michibayashi(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nagoya University), Miwa Kuri(International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University), Kou Yamada(Waseda University)

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

[O03-P76] Observation of the dust storm over the polar cap of Mars

Yuzaburo Takamura¹, *Rino Hayakawa¹, Soma Ohashi¹, Yuna Kuriki¹ (1.Ichinomiya High School)

Keywords:the polar cap of Mars, CMOS camera, the dust storm

With Mars Closest Approach occurred on July 31, 2018, we have observed Mars on a continuous basis using a CMOS camera. Along with this event, a massive dust storm was seen on the surface of Mars. Therefore, we analyzed how the dust storm effected our data of Mars, focusing on the polar cap. The results showed that the contrast difference throughout the polar cap got smaller as the dust storm grew big.