Curie (Martian crater)
Curie Crater, as seen by HiRISE. | |
Planet | Mars |
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Coordinates | 29°06′N 4°48′W / 29.1°N 4.8°WCoordinates: 29°06′N 4°48′W / 29.1°N 4.8°W |
Diameter | 114.1 km |
Eponym | Pierre Curie, a French physicist-chemist (1859-1906) |
Curie Crater is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 29.1° N and 4.8° W. It is 114.1 km in diameter and was named after Pierre Curie, a French physicist-chemist (1859-1906).[1]
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.[2] The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.[3]
- Curie Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
- Channels in Curie Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image.
- Close-up of layers in central mound of Curie Crater, as seen by HiRISE.
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- ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Curie". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/stones/
- ↑ Hugh H. Kieffer (1992). Mars. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1257-7. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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