Kepler (Martian crater)

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For the lunar crater, see Kepler (lunar crater).
Kepler
 Location of Kepler Crater.
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Planet |
Mars |
Region |
Eridania quadrangle |
Coordinates |
46°48′S 140°54′E / 46.8°S 140.9°E / -46.8; 140.9Coordinates: 46°48′S 140°54′E / 46.8°S 140.9°E / -46.8; 140.9
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Diameter |
228.24 km |
Eponym |
Johannes Kepler |
Kepler is a crater on Mars, located in the Eridania quadrangle at 46.8° S, 140.9° E. It measures approximately 228 kilometres (142 miles) and was named in 1973, by the International Astronomical Union, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler.[1] A section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on 25 March 2006.
Kepler Crater showing dust devil tracks, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor.
Map of Eridania quadrangle with major craters. Kepler is near center.
References
^ "Kepler (Martian crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
See also
External links
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Description of HiRISE photograph
Kepler near south pole ESA source
Johannes Kepler
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Scientific career |
- Kepler conjecture
- Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- Kepler orbit
- Kepler triangle
- Kepler's equation
- Kepler polyhedra
- Kepler's Supernova
- Keplerian telescope
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Works |
Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596)
De Stella Nova (1606)
Astronomia nova (1609)
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (1617, 1620-21)
Harmonices Mundi (1619)
Rudolphine Tables (1627)
Somnium (1634)
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Related |
Katharina Kepler (mother)
Jakob Bartsch (son-in-law)
Kepler (opera)
- Kepler space telescope
Johannes Kepler ATV
- List of things
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