Mellish (crater)

Mellish
Planet Mars
Coordinates 72°48′S 24°00′W / 72.8°S 24.0°W / -72.8; -24.0Coordinates: 72°48′S 24°00′W / 72.8°S 24.0°W / -72.8; -24.0
Diameter 101.7 km
Eponym John E. Mellish

Mellish is a crater on Mars located in the planet's southern hemisphere at coordinates 72.9S, 24.0W. It was named after John E. Mellish, an American amateur astronomer from St. Charles, Illinois. The crater was named after Mellish in 1994 at the request of Steven Dick at the U.S. Naval Observatory.

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/8/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.