Galilaei (Mars crater)

Martian crater Galilaei
Martian crater Galilaei
position	5 ° 42 ′  N , 27 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 5 ° 42 ′  N , 27 ° 0 ′  W
diameter	137 km
history
Eponym	Galileo Galilei

Galilaei is a Martian crater in the area of ​​the Margaritifer Terra area on Mars . The crater is located in the southern part of the Oxia Palus Gradfeld . Galilei is one of the numerous large craters that formed during the Noachian period and ended about 3.7 billion years ago. The crater is named after the Italian polymath Galileo Galilei .

See also

• List of Martian craters
• Mars crater

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USGS (2017): Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . Retrieved November 25, 2017.
2. ↑ Michael H. Carr, James W. Head: Geologic history of Mars . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters . 294, No. 3-4, 2010, pp. 185-203. bibcode : 2010E & PSL.294..185C . doi : 10.1016 / j.epsl.2009.06.042 .