Redi (Martian crater)

Redi Crater

Part of Redi seen by MRO's CTX camera
Planet Mars
Coordinates 60°36′S 92°42′W / 60.6°S 92.7°W / -60.6; -92.7Coordinates: 60°36′S 92°42′W / 60.6°S 92.7°W / -60.6; -92.7
Diameter 62 km
Eponym Francesco Redi
Redi Crater, showing dust devil tracks and mantle, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image of Redi Crater.

Redi is an impact crater Mars, located in the Hellas quadrangle at 60.6°S latitude and 267.3°W longitude. The crater measures 62 kilometers in diameter and was named after 17th century Italian physician Francesco Redi. The name was approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973.[1]

Nearby named prominent craters include the larger Secchi to the northeast, Huxley to the southeast and Spallanzani almost ot the northwest.

Description

Redi Crater shows a thick mantle. Parts of it are eroded, revealing the thickness of the mantle layer.

See also

References

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


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