Fontana (Martian crater)

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This article is about the crater on Mars. For the lunar crater, see Fontana (lunar crater).
Fontana Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
Dust devil tracks just outside north rim of Fontana Crater, as seen by CTX Note: this is an enlargement of the previous image of Fontana Crater.

Fontana is a crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 63.2°S latitude and 72.2°W longitude. It is 80.0  km in diameter and was named after Francesco Fontana, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).[1] The picture below shows dust devil tracks and dunes on the crater's floor.

See also[]

  • Climate of Mars
  • Dust devil tracks
  • Geology of Mars
  • Impact crater
  • Impact event
  • List of craters on Mars
  • Ore resources on Mars
  • Planetary nomenclature

References[]

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