Milankovic (Martian crater)

Milankovic Crater
Milankovic Crater central area, as seen by HiRISE. Click on image to see more details: dark dunes, beautiful dust devil tracks, and boulders (small bright dots).
Planet	Mars
Coordinates	54°42′N 146°42′W / 54.7°N 146.7°W / 54.7; -146.7Coordinates: 54°42′N 146°42′W / 54.7°N 146.7°W / 54.7; -146.7
Eponym	Milutin Milanković, a Serbian geophysicist and astrophysicist, who lived from 1879 to 1958

Milankovic is a crater in the Diacria quadrangle of Mars, having a diameter of 118.4 km. It is located at 54.7° north latitude and 146.7° west longitude. The crater is easy to see on Mars photographs because it lies north of Olympus Mons and sits by itself in the flat plain of Vastitas Borealis. It is named after Milutin Milanković, a Serbian geophysicist and astrophysicist, who lived from 1879 to 1958.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/USGSFlag/Space/nomen/mars/marscrat.html