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This is a list of craters on Mars. Impact craters on Mars larger than 1 km (0.62 mi) exist by the hundreds of thousands, but only about one thousand of them have names. [ 1 ] Names are assigned by the International Astronomical Union after petitioning by relevant scientists, and in general, only craters that have a significant research interest ...
A chain of craters on Ganymede, probably caused by a similar impact event.The picture covers an area approximately 190 km (120 mi) across. Jupiter is a gas giant planet with no solid surface; the lowest atmospheric layer, the troposphere, gradually changes into the planet's inner layers. [10]
Following are the largest impact craters on various worlds of the Solar System. For a full list of named craters, see List of craters in the Solar System. The ratio column compares the crater diameter with the diameter of the impacted celestial body. The maximum crater diameter is 157% of the body diameter (the circumference along a great circle).
Valhalla is the largest multi-ring basin on Callisto and in the Solar System (with diameter up to 3,800 km). [4] It was discovered by the Voyager probes in 1979–80 and is located on the leading hemisphere of Callisto, in its Jupiter facing quadrant slightly to the north of the equator (at about 18°N latitude and 57°W longitude).
Elevation map of crater Schiaparelli imaged by MGS. This is a list of craters on Mars. There are hundreds of thousands of impact craters on Mars, but only some of them have names. This list here contains only named Martian craters starting with the letter O – Z (see also lists for A – G and H – N).
Mars is much less tectonically active than Earth, and marsquakes are unlikely to have provided seismic waves of the required magnitude. [10] Most sizable craters on Mars date to the Late Heavy Bombardment , 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago (the Noachian period), and are older than the landslide deposits in Valles Marineris.
List of craters on Mars; List of mountains on Mars; List of rocks on Mars; List of valles on Mars; List of chasmata on Mars; List of plains on Mars; List of terrae on Mars; List of areas of chaos terrain on Mars; List of surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover; List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover; see also ...
The crater was named after Walter Frederick Gale, an amateur astronomer from Sydney, Australia, who observed Mars in the late 19th century. [4] Mount Sharp is a mountain in the center of Gale and rises 5.5 km (18,000 ft) high. [5] [6] Aeolis Palus is the plain between the northern wall of Gale and the northern foothills of Aeolis Mons.