Schiaparelli (Mars crater)
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| position | 2 ° 42 ′ S , 16 ° 42 ′ E | |
| diameter | 458 km | |
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| Eponym | Giovanni Schiaparelli | |
Schiaparelli is a more than 450 km large crater on the equator of the planet Mars . It is one of its largest impact craters and is located at Sabarus Sinus between two landscapes that were named Arabia Terra and Noachis Terra in the 19th century .
The crater was around 1970 of US Mars probes mapped and after Mars researchers Giovanni Schiaparelli named (1835-1910), the discoverer of the supposed Mars channels .
Schiaparelli is mentioned in Andy Weir's novel The Martian .
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