Lohse (Martian crater)


























Lohse Crater

LohseMartianCrater.jpg
Topographical location of Lohse Crater

Planet Mars
Coordinates
43°42′S 16°48′W / 43.7°S 16.8°W / -43.7; -16.8Coordinates: 43°42′S 16°48′W / 43.7°S 16.8°W / -43.7; -16.8
Diameter 155.5 km
Eponym
Oswald Lohse, German astronomer (1845–1915)

Lohse is a crater in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars, located at 43.7° South and 16.8° West. It is 155.5 km in diameter and was named after Oswald Lohse, a German astronomer (1845-1915).[1]


Nearby prominent craters include Hartwig over a crater diameter north, the huge Greeley to the northeast, Green and Roddenberry to the southeast, Helmholtz under a crater diameter southwest and Arkhangelsky about two crater diameters nearly west-northwest.


The crater is very eroded. The uplifted area in the center contains gullies.[2] Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak.[3] The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.[4]




See also




  • Argyre quadrangle

  • Climate of Mars

  • Impact crater

  • Impact event

  • List of craters on Mars

  • Ore resources on Mars

  • Planetary nomenclature

  • Water on Mars




References





  1. ^ http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/


  2. ^ http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_013071_1365


  3. ^ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/stones/


  4. ^ Hugh H. Kieffer (1992). Mars. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1257-7. Retrieved 7 March 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}











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