Renaudot (crater)
Renaudot Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Dark dots are dunes.
Dunes and old glaciers in Renaudot Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Arrows point to old glaciers along the crater wall. Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image.
Renaudot Crater is an impact crater in the Casius quadrangle on Mars at 42.4° N and 297.4° W. and is 64.0 km in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and it was named after Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion .[1] Along its wall are evidence of old glaciers. The floor bears a field of dunes.
See also
- Planetary nomenclature
- Impact crater
- List of craters on Mars
- Water on Mars
- Climate of Mars
- Glacier
- Glaciers on Mars
References
- ↑ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Renaudot". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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