Yuty (crater)

Yuty
Yuty seen by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1977
PlanetMars
RegionTiu Valles
Coordinates22°24′N 34°12′W / 22.4°N 34.2°W / 22.4; -34.2
QuadrangleOxia Palus
Diameter19.06 km (11.84 mi)
EponymYuty, Paraguay
CTX mosaic (MRO)

Yuty is a crater on Mars in Chryse Planitia, named after the town of Yuty in Paraguay. It measures approximately 19 kilometres (12 miles) in diameter, and is surrounded by complex ejecta lobes, which are a distinctive characteristic of martian impact craters.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Yuty (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ^ Carr, M. H.; Saunders, R. S.; Strom R. G. Geology of the Terrestrial Planets. NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch: Washington DC, 1984, p. 220.