Horowitz (crater)

Horowitz
Planet Mars
Coordinates 32°04′S 140°45′E / 32.06°S 140.75°E / -32.06; 140.75Coordinates: 32°04′S 140°45′E / 32.06°S 140.75°E / -32.06; 140.75
Diameter 64.9 km
Eponym Norman H. Horowitz

Newton is a large crater on Mars, with a diameter close to 300 km.[1] It is located south of the planet's equator in the heavily cratered highlands of Terra Cimmeria in the Eridania quadrangle. The crater was named on November 25, 2009 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) in honor of the geneticist, Norman H. Horowitz,[2] who was member of the science teams for the Mariner and Viking missions to Mars.

Other nearby craters include Soffen to the north, Molesworth to the northeast and Martz almost to the southeast. About 75 km north is the Aeolis quadrangle and the 30th parallel south.

Description

In 2011 it was announced that images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have suggested the presence of possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars, as shown in images taken of Newton and Horowitz craters among others.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.google.com/mars/
  2. ↑ "Horowitz (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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