Goeppert-Mayer (crater)

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Stereo radar images by Magellan
LocationVenus
Coordinates59°42′N 26°48′E / 59.7°N 26.8°E / 59.7; 26.8
Diameter33.5 km (20.8 mi)
EponymMaria Goeppert-Mayer[1]

Goeppert-Mayer is a crater on the planet Venus. It was named in 1991 after Polish physicist and Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert-Mayer.[2]

It is 35 kilometers (22 mi) in diameter and lies above an escarpment at the edge of a ridge belt in Southern Ishtar Terra. West of the crater the scarp has more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) of relief.[3]

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Kit (13 June 2019). Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953919. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Goeppert-Mayer". International Astronomical Union. October 1, 2006. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  3. ^ Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. p. 39.


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