Neukum (Martian Crater)

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Neukum
Neukum crater 547A41.jpg
Viking Orbiter 1 image with Neukum in lower right
PlanetMars
RegionNoachis quadrangle
CoordinatesCoordinates: 44°54′S 28°24′W / 44.9°S 28.4°W / -44.9; -28.4
Diameter102 km

Neukum is an impact crater on Mars. The crater was named after German planetary scientist Gerhard Neukum, by the IAU in 2017.[1]

Views from Mars Express

Gerhard Neukum, after which this crater is named, was instrumental in development of the ESA's Mars Express orbiter.[2]

  • Color image

  • Topographic map

  • 3D Anaglyph (red-blue glasses required)

  • Perspective view

External links

  • Flight over the Crater Neukum of Mars, FUBPlanetarySciences video

References

  1. ↑ "Neukum". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15687. 
  2. ↑ Gerhard Neukum 1944-2014, biographical note at American Astronomical Society




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