Reuyl (crater)
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| Reuyl Crater | |
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 Map of Aeolis quadrangle. The Spirit Rover landed in Gusev crater. It found volcanic rocks that probably came from Apollinaris Patera. A large pile of layered rocks sits in the middle of Gale Crater. | |
| Planet | Mars |
| Coordinates | 9°48′S 193°12′W / 9.8°S 193.2°WCoordinates: 9°48′S 193°12′W / 9.8°S 193.2°W |
| Eponym | Dirk Reuyl, a Dutch-American physicist and astronomer (1906–1972) who made astronomical measurements of the diameter of Mars in the 1940s |
Reuyl Crater is a crater in the Aeolis quadrangle of Mars, located at 9.8° south latitude and 193.2° west longitude and is 85.9 km in diameter. This martian feature and was named after Dirk Reuyl, a Dutch-American physicist and astronomer (1906–1972) who made astronomical measurements of the diameter of Mars in the 1940s.[1]
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Reuyl Crater Central Peak, as seen by HiRISE.
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