Kepler (Martian crater)
Kepler (Martian crater)
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 Location of Kepler Crater. Craters in that location appear oval due to the terrain image was taken at the equatorial portion of Mars | |
| Planet | Mars |
|---|---|
| Region | Eridania quadrangle |
| Coordinates | 46°48′S 140°54′E / 46.8°S 140.9°E / -46.8; 140.9Coordinates: 46°48′S 140°54′E / 46.8°S 140.9°E / -46.8; 140.9 |
| Diameter | 228.24 km |
| Eponym | Johannes Kepler |
Kepler is a crater on Mars, located in the Eridania quadrangle at 46.8° S, 140.9° E. It measures approximately 228 kilometres (142 miles) and was named in 1973, by the International Astronomical Union, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler.[1] A section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on 25 March 2006.
Nearby named craters include Tycho Brahe to the southeast and northwest is Farim located inside a crater not yet named, further west is Alexey Tolstoy.
Contents
1 Description
2 References
3 See also
4 External links
Description[edit]
In the crater interior is a smaller unnamed crater with a part of it eroded to the north. The crater in that location and the east is relatively flat but it is not smooth around the middle, the remainder has a hilly landscape. Parts of the southern rim has a more angled sloped. In that location is a small unnamed crater that forms the deepest in Kepler crater overall.
Kepler Crater showing dust devil tracks, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor.
Map of Eridania quadrangle with major craters. Kepler is near center.
References[edit]
^ "Kepler (Martian crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
See also[edit]
- Climate of Mars
- Dust devil tracks
- Impact crater
- Impact event
- List of craters on Mars
- Ore resources on Mars
- Planetary nomenclature
External links[edit]
- Martian crater Kepler on Google Mars
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Description of HiRISE photograph
Kepler near south pole ESA source
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Categories:
- Eridania quadrangle
- Impact craters on Mars
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- Astrogeology stubs
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