Rossby (crater)
 West side of Rossby Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). | |
| Planet | Mars |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 47°54′S 168°48′E / 47.9°S 168.8°ECoordinates: 47°54′S 168°48′E / 47.9°S 168.8°E |
| Diameter | 82.5 km |
| Eponym | Carl-Gustaf Rossby |
Rossby is an impact crater in the Eridania quadrangle on Mars at 47.9°S and 192.2°W, and it is 82.5 kilometers in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and it was named after Carl-Gustaf Rossby.[1] Pictures show gullies on the wall of Rossby Crater.
Surrounding Rossby are three unnamed craters a small one to the west where its rim its attached and is attached with a larger crater that is northwest of Rossby, to the east is a partly faded crater that is half size with a slightly smaller unnamed crater east of that. Nearby named craters are Bjerknes to the north-northeast, Campbell in the south, further west is Huggins and northwest is Cruls, another crater more than 500 km east is Very which is located in the planet's Western Hemisphere and around 500 km east is the 180th meridian where the extremities of the east and the west of the planet are located.
Next to Rossby in the southwest is a valley, the Drava Valles.
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References
- ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Rossby". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 5 March 2015.