Trouvelot (Martian crater)

This article is about the crater on Mars. For the lunar crater, see Trouvelot (lunar crater).
Trouvelot Crater
Topographic map of the location of Trouvelot Crater
PlanetMars
Coordinates16°12′N 13°06′W / 16.2°N 13.1°W / 16.2; -13.1
QuadrangleOxia Palus
Diameter148.77 km (92.44 mi)
EponymÉtienne Léopold Trouvelot, a French astronomer (1827–1895)

Trouvelot is a crater on Mars, located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 16.2° north latitude and 13.1° west longitude near the crustal dichotomy in the circum-Chryse region. It is roughly located along the dichotomy between Arabia Terra to the northeast and the southernmost of the circum-Chryse outflow channels to the southwest. Trouvelot crater measures approximately 148.77 kilometres (92.44 mi) in diameter and was named after Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, a French astronomer (1827–1895). The name was adopted by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973.[1]

  1. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Trouvelot". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 4 March 2015.