Comas Sola (crater)

Comas Sola Crater

Image of Comas Sola crater by THEMIS
Planet	Mars
Coordinates	19°35′S 168°31′W / 19.59°S 168.51°W / -19.59; -168.51Coordinates: 19°35′S 168°31′W / 19.59°S 168.51°W / -19.59; -168.51
Diameter	120.24 km
Eponym	Josep Comas Solá, Spanish Catalan astronomer

Comas Sola (sometimes as Comas Solá) is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Memnonia quadrangle at 19.59°S latitude and 168.51°W longitude, and is inside Terra Sirenum. It measures 120.24 km (74.71 mi) in diameter and was named after the Spanish Catalan astronomer Josep Comas Solá. The name was approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973.^[1]

Nearby named prominent craters include Burton to the north-northeast, Bernard to the southeast, Dejnev to the southwest, almost to the west is Williams, nearly the same size and northwest not far from the crater is the tiny Gratteri.

Surrounding the southerm rim are two smaller unnamed craters, each with a central peak or mount, with the southwest touching the southwest rim, in the north rim, three tiny craters which also has a central mound. Almost touching the crater are a series of rilles and rifts known as Memnonia Fossae that were once fault lines

Gallery

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  Map of the Memnonia quadrangle, Comas Sola is below the middle of the map

See also

• List of craters on Mars: A-G
• 1655 Comas Solà - an asteroid

References