Douglass (Martian crater)

Douglass (crater)
Topo map location of Douglass Crater
Planet Mars
Coordinates 51°48′S 70°36′W / 51.8°S 70.6°W / -51.8; -70.6Coordinates: 51°48′S 70°36′W / 51.8°S 70.6°W / -51.8; -70.6
Diameter 94 km
Eponym Andrew E. Douglass

Douglass is a crater in the east of Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars and in the east of Aonia Terra, located at 51.8°S latitude and 70.6°W longitude. It is 94.0 km in diameter and was named after Andrew E. Douglass, and the name was approved in 1973.[1]

East side of Douglass Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

The crater is located nearly WNW of Halley and east of the ringed crater of Lowell. A third of the way to Halley is Ogygis Undae which s the only named dune field in the southern hemisphere. Further east is Argyre Planitia, southwest is Aonia Planum and north is Phrixi Rupes.

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References

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


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