Renaudot (Crater)

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Renaudot Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Dark dots are dunes.
Dunes and old glaciers in Renaudot Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Arrows point to old glaciers along the crater wall. Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image.

Renaudot is an impact crater in the Casius quadrangle on Mars at 42.4° N and 297.4° W and measures 64 kilometers in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and it was named after Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion.[1] Along its wall are evidence of old glaciers. The floor bears a field of dunes.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Renaudot". International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4992. 




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