Goeppert-Mayer (crater)

Coordinates: 59°42′N 26°48′E / 59.7°N 26.8°E / 59.7; 26.8
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Crater characteristics
Stereo radar images by Magellan
PlanetVenus
Coordinates59°42′N 26°48′E / 59.7°N 26.8°E / 59.7; 26.8
QuadrangleIshtar Terra
Diameter33.5 km
EponymMaria Goeppert-Mayer[1]

Goeppert-Mayer is a crater on the planet Venus. It is 35 kilometers (22 mi) in diameter and lies above an escarpment at the edge of a ridge belt in Southern Ishtar Terra. West of the crater the scarp has more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) of relief.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chapman, Kit (13 June 2019). Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953919. Retrieved 29 April 2020.