Kepler (Martian crater)
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Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
on Mars
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
.
Image:Kepler Crater.JPG|Kepler Crater showing dust devil tracks, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor
.
Image:Chart 29- Eridania.JPG|Map of Eridania quadrangle
with major craters. Kepler is near center.
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 km wide and was named in 1973, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican...
. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE
HiRISE
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The 65 kg , $40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp....
camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit...
.
Image:Kepler Crater.JPG|Kepler Crater showing dust devil tracks, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor
The Mars Global Surveyor was a US spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States's return to Mars after a 10-year absence. It completed its primary mission in January 2001 and was in its third extended mission phase when, on 2...
.
Image:Chart 29- Eridania.JPG|Map of Eridania quadrangle
Eridania quadrangle
The Eridania quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Program. The Eridania quadrangle is also referred to as MC-29 ....
with major craters. Kepler is near center.
External links
- Martian crater Kepler on Google Mars
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Description of HiRISE photograph