Garni (crater)

Garni crater
Garni crater imaged by HiRISE (processed image)
PlanetMars
Coordinates11°31′S 69°42′W / 11.52°S 69.7°W / -11.52; -69.7
QuadrangleCoprates
Diameter2.57 km (1.60 mi)

Garni is an impact crater on Mars,[1] in which, according to NASA, there is evidence of liquid water.[2][3] In the press release of its finding on 28 September 2015, NASA considered it "the latest of many breakthroughs" in their Mars exploration.[3] NASA and the US Geological Survey named the crater after the Armenian village of Garni. The naming was approved and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on April 24, 2015.[4]

  1. ^ "Garni". planetarynames. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Dark, Recurring Streaks on Walls of Garni Crater". nasa.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars". planetarynames. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference asbarez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).