Tyndall (Martian crater)

Western side of Tyndall (Martian crater), as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Tyndall Crater is an impact crater in the Cebrenia quadrangle of Mars, located at 40.0°N latitude and 190.1°W longitude. It is 86.8  km in diameter and was named after John Tyndall, and the name was approved in 1973 by the by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).[1]

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