Wallace (Martian crater)

Wallace is an impact crater in the Hellas quadrangle on Mars at 52.9°S and 249.4°W. It is 173 km (107 mi) in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), and refers to British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace.[1]

Floor of Wallace Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Dust devil tracks on floor of Wallace Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note this is an enlargement of the previous image of the floor of Wallace Crater.
This article is about the crater on Mars. For the lunar crater, see Wallace (lunar crater).
Wallace Crater
PlanetMars
Coordinates52.9°S 110.6°E / -52.9; 110.6
QuadrangleHellas quadrangle
Diameter173 km (107 mi)
EponymAlfred Russel Wallace

See also

References
  1. "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Wallace". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.


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