Curie (Martian crater)

Curie (Martian crater)
Curie Crater
Curie Crater.jpg
Curie Crater, as seen by HiRISE.
Planet Mars
Coordinates 29°06′N 4°48′W / 29.1°N 4.8°W / 29.1; -4.8Coordinates: 29°06′N 4°48′W / 29.1°N 4.8°W / 29.1; -4.8
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]

  • Close-up of layers in central mound of Curie Crater, as seen by HiRISE.

References

  1. ^ http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov

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