Canso (Martian crater)
Canso (Martian crater)
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 The crater Canso based on THEMIS day-time image. | |
| Planet | Mars |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 21°36′N 60°42′W / 21.6°N 60.7°W / 21.6; -60.7Coordinates: 21°36′N 60°42′W / 21.6°N 60.7°W / 21.6; -60.7 |
| Diameter | 27.4 km |
| Eponym | Canso, Nova Scotia |
Canso is a Martian crater. It lies about 450 kilometres west of the Viking 1 lander, slightly northeast of Lunae Planum, and west of Chryse Planitia, in the Lunae Palus quadrangle. The crater is named after Canso, a fishing town in Nova Scotia. The name was officially adopted in 1988 by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN).
Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak.[1] The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.[2]
Canso Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Canso Crater North Wall and Floor, as seen by HiRISE.
See also[edit]
- Impact crater
- Impact event
- List of craters on Mars
- Ore resources on Mars
- Planetary nomenclature
References[edit]
^ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/stones/
^ Hugh H. Kieffer (1992). Mars. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1257-7. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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IAU/WGPSN Planetary Feature Gazetteer Database. USGS Branch of Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona.
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