Lomonosov (Mars crater)

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Mars' crater Lomonosov
Mars Crater Lomonosov (Mars)
Mars' crater Lomonosov
position 64 ° 54 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 64 ° 54 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E
diameter 150 km
history
Eponym Mikhail Wassiljewitsch Lomonossow

Lomonossow is a crater on the border of the Mare Boreum Gradfeld and the Mare Acidalium Gradfeld on Mars . It has a diameter of 150 km, the area is geologically very young and therefore flat. The crater was named after Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov in 1973 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lomonosow in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS