Kepler (Martian crater)




For the lunar crater, see Kepler (lunar crater).


























Kepler

KeplerMartianCrater.jpg
Location of Kepler Crater.

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
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





  1. ^ "Kepler (Martian crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.




See also


  • List of craters on Mars


External links




  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Description of HiRISE photograph


  • Kepler near south pole ESA source















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