Categories
  Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
  supported by EncyclosphereKSF

Maraldi (Martian crater)

Topic: Astronomy

 From HandWiki - Reading time: 4 min
Maraldi Crater
MaraldiMartianCrater.jpg
Location of Maraldi Crater
PlanetMars
RegionArgyre quadrangle
CoordinatesCoordinates: 62°12′S 32°00′W / 62.2°S 32°W / -62.2; -32
Diameter124 km
Maraldi Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Dust devil tracks just outside rim of Maraldi Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image of Maraldi Crater.

Maraldi Crater is an impact crater in the Argyre quadrangle on Mars at 62.2°S and 32.0°W and is 124.0 km in diameter. Its name refers to French astronomer Giacomo F. Maraldi.[1]

  • Topo map showing the location of Maraldi Crater on the left

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maraldi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.orghttps://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Astronomy:Maraldi_(Martian_crater)&oldid=149364"
Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 | Source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Astronomy:Maraldi_(Martian_crater)
8 views | Status: cached on March 13 2022 06:42:21
↧ Download this article as ZWI file
Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF