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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
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On the plains of Jezero, the secrets of Mars' past await us! Follow for the latest news, updates, pretty pics, and community discussion on NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's most ambitious mission to Mars!
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Jezero crater has been divided into more than one hundred map quadrangles to aid geological mapping.
The map quadrangles in the crater are informally named after Earth based national parks or preserves. The assigned map name will then form the 'theme' for naming targets of interest within that map.
The rover is currently in map quadrangle 'Rocky Mountain' hence the naming convention / theme :)
See attached mission map with the quadrangle names