Flammarion (Martian crater)

This article is about the crater on Mars. For the crater on the Moon, see Flammarion (lunar crater).
Flammarion
Location of Flammarion crater
PlanetMars
RegionSyrtis Major quadrangle
Coordinates25°12′N 48°18′E / 25.2°N 48.3°E / 25.2; 48.3
QuadrangleSyrtis Major
Diameter173 km
EponymCamille Flammarion

Flammarion is an impact crater in the Syrtis Major quadrangle on Mars at 25.2 ° N and 48.3 ° E. It is 173.0 km in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and refers to French astronomer Camille Flammarion.[1] There may have been a lake in the crater in the past because a channel is present on the northern rim, and sedimentary layers are present within the crater.

  1. ^ "Flammarion". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.