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Bianchini (Martian crater)

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Short description: Crater on Mars
Bianchini
Wikibiachini.jpg
Biachini Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Dust devil tracks and dunes are visible on the floor.
PlanetMars
RegionThaumasia quadrangle
CoordinatesCoordinates: 64°12′S 95°24′W / 64.2°S 95.4°W / -64.2; -95.4
Diameter71 km

Bianchini is a crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 64.2°S latitude and 95.4°W longitude. It is 71 km in diameter and was named after Italian astronomer Francesco Bianchini; the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).[1]

A topographic map showing the crater's norther side.


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Bianchini". International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/735. 



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