Penticton (crater)

Penticton
PlanetMars
RegionHellas quadrangle
Coordinates38°21′S 263°21′W / 38.35°S 263.35°W / -38.35; -263.35
QuadrangleHellas
Diameter8 kilometres (5 mi)
EponymPenticton

Penticton is an impact crater in the Hellas quadrangle of Mars, located at 38.35° south latitude and 263.35° west longitude. Penticton is on the eastern rim of the Hellas impact crater.[1] It is 8 kilometers in diameter and was named after Penticton, a Town in British Columbia, Canada,[2] nearby the little town of Okanagan Falls where is located the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.[3] Images with HiRISE show gullies which were once thought to be caused by flowing water.

  1. ^ https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/mc28_2014.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Penticton". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. ^ Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory