Foros (crater)

Foros
	Foros Crater is in the right of the map
Planet	Mars
Region	Argyre quadrangle
Coordinates	Coordinates: 33°24′S 27°52′W / 33.4°S 27.87°W
Diameter	24.54 km

Short description: Crater on Mars

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]

References

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

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

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Foros (crater)

Topic: Astronomy

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