Coblentz (Martian crater)

Coblentz Crater
Planet Mars
Coordinates 50°18′S 90°18′W / 50.3°S 90.3°W / -50.3; -90.3Coordinates: 50°18′S 90°18′W / 50.3°S 90.3°W / -50.3; -90.3
Diameter 112 km
Eponym George P. Bond, an American astronomer (1825-1865)

Coblentz Crater is a crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 55.3°S latitude and 90.3°W longitude, and is inside Aonia Terra. It is 112.0 km in diameter and was named after William Coblentz, and the name was approved in 1973.[1]

Coblentz is located nearly west-southwest of the larger Lowell. no other named craters are located nearby, the next further crater is Slipher located north-northeast. About a third of the way with that crater is Aonia Mons, southeast is a low plain known as Aonia Planum, also in that location is Aonia Tholus. Northwest are a series of small faults and scarps known as Thaumasia Fossae which gives its name to the quadrangle.

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References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Coblentz". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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