Kepler (Martian crater)

Kepler (Martian crater)

MarsGeo-Crater
name=Kepler
latitude=46.8
N_or_S=S
longitude=140.9
E_or_W=E
diameter=233 km
eponym=Johannes Kepler

Kepler is a crater on Mars. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

External links

* [http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=-46.042735&lon=138.559570&zoom=5&q=Kepler Kepler crater on Google Mars]
* [http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/gallery/calibration/Release_AEB_000002_0100_Red.html NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory] - Description of HiRISE photograph


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