Alexey Tolstoy (crater)
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Crater on Mars
 Viking Orbiter 1 image | |
| Planet | Mars |
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| Coordinates |  47°26′S 125°20′E / 47.44°S 125.34°E / -47.44; 125.34Coordinates: 47°26′S 125°20′E / 47.44°S 125.34°E / -47.44; 125.34 |
| Quadrangle | Eridania |
| Diameter | 93.04 km (57.81 mi) |
| Eponym | Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy |
Oblique view also from Viking Orbiter 1
Alexey Tolstoy is an impact crater on Mars, in the Eridania quadrangle of the southern hemisphere. It is located west of the prominent Kepler crater.
It was named by the IAU in 1982 after Soviet author Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Alexey Tolstoy". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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