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Secchi (Martian crater)

Topic: Astronomy

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Short description: Crater on Mars
Secchi
SecchiMartianCrater.jpg
Topographic map of Secchi crater
PlanetMars
RegionPromethei Terra
CoordinatesCoordinates: 58°18′S 258°06′W / 58.3°S 258.1°W / -58.3; -258.1
Diameter223 km

Secchi is a crater in the Hellas quadrangle of Mars, located at 58.3° south latitude and 258.1° west longitude. it is 223 km in diameter and was named after Angelo Secchi, an Italian astronomer (1818–1878).[1]

The smaller craters Tikhov and Wallace are located to the northeast of Secchi.

  • Another Viking mosaic

  • The limb of Mars with Secchi crater in center foreground, and part of the Hellas basin in far left distance

  • Secchi crater floor, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see beautiful dust devil tracks and a pedestal crater.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Secchi". International Astronomical Union. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5402. 




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