Müller (Martian crater)

Müller

Martian impact crater Müller based on THEMIS image.
Planet Mars
Coordinates 25°44′S 127°53′E / 25.74°S 127.89°E / -25.74; 127.89Coordinates: 25°44′S 127°53′E / 25.74°S 127.89°E / -25.74; 127.89
Diameter 120.51 km
Eponym Hermann Joseph Muller and Carl H. Müller (German astronomer)

Müller is a 120.5 kilometer crater in the Martian southern hemisphere, at 25.74°S, 127.89°E,[1][2] located in the Terra Cimmeria region of the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars.[3] According to the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Müller is jointly named for Hermann Joseph Muller, an American geneticist and anti-nuclear weapons activist, and Carl H. Müller, a German astronomer.[1] Ejecta from the Müller crater divides two Noachian era drainage basins.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature; Planetary Names: Mars".
  2. ↑ Bob Kanefsky. "Roving Mouse Mars Atlas".
  3. ↑ Anthony Laudun. "Small Pale Red Planet Issue 6 Phase 7; The Mare Tyrrhenum Region".
  4. ↑ Rossman P. Irwin III & Alan D. Howard. "Drainage basin evolution in Noachian Terra Cimmeria, Mars".


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