Inuvik (crater)
Topic: Astronomy
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Short description: Crater on Mars
Inuvik is an Impact crater located outside the perennial north polar cap on Mars.[1] The crater's diameter is 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi), and it lies at latitude 78.7°N, longitude 28.6°W. In 1988, the IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) named the crater after the town of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.
References
- ↑ M. Thueson and H. Xie, "Water Ice Investigation in Crater of Residual Polar Region using THEMIS Data", Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII (2007)
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