Foros (Crater)

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Short description: Crater on Mars
Foros
Mapbondcrater.jpg
Foros Crater is in the right of the map
PlanetMars
RegionArgyre quadrangle
CoordinatesCoordinates: 33°24′S 27°52′W / 33.4°S 27.87°W / -33.4; -27.87
Diameter24.54 km

Foros is an impact crater just northeast of Argyre basin in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars, located at 33.4°S and 27.87°W. It is 24.54 km in diameter. It was named after Foros, a town in the Ukraine. The name was approved in 1979 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).[1]

See also

  • List of craters on Mars: A-G

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Foros". International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1995. 




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