Wallace (Martian crater)
Wallace is an impact crater in the Hellas quadrangle on Mars at 52.9°S and 249.4°W. It is 173.0 km in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), and refers to British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace.[1]
This article is about the crater on Mars. For the lunar crater, see Wallace (lunar crater).
Planet | Mars |
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Coordinates | 52.9°S 110.6°E / -52.9; 110.6 |
Diameter | 173 km |
Eponym | Alfred Russel Wallace |
See also
References
- "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Wallace". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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