Kuiper (Martian crater)
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Crater on Mars
This article is about the crater on Mars. For other craters named Kuiper, see Kuiper (disambiguation).
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Planet | Mars |
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Quadrangle | Phaethontis quadrangle |
Diameter | 82 km |
Eponym | Gerard Peter Kuiper |
Kuiper is an impact crater in the Phaethontis quadrangle of Mars, located at 57.4°S latitude and 157.3°W longitude. It is 82 kilometers in diameter. It was named after Dutch–American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, and the name was approved in 1976.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Wikikuiper.jpg/220px-Wikikuiper.jpg)
Kuiper Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kuiper_crater_f516b38_f516b59.jpg/240px-Kuiper_crater_f516b38_f516b59.jpg)
Kuiper crater, imaged by Viking 2 Orbiter
See also[]
- List of craters on Mars
References[]
- ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Kuiper". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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