Quenisset (Mars crater)

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Mars crater
Mars crater (Mars)
Mars crater
position 34 ° 16 ′  N , 40 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 16 ′  N , 40 ° 40 ′  E
diameter 137 km
history
Eponym Ferdinand J. Quénisset

Quenisset is an impact crater on Mars with a mean diameter of 136.66 kilometers.

It is located in the northeast of the Arabia Terra highlands .

The Mars crater was named in 1973 after the French astronomer Ferdinand J. Quénisset (1872–1951).

See also

Web links

  • Quenisset in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS