Thursday, December 29, 2011

Gale crater on Mars named after Australian banker and astronomer Walter Frederick Gale

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The Gale crater on Mars was named in 1991 after Australian banker and astronomer Walter Frederick Gale (1865-1945) [1-3]. This 150-kilomet...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Martian locality inside the Gusev Crater: Columbia Hills named to honor the crew of the space shuttle Columbia

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The Columbia hills inside Crater Gusev on Mars are named to honor the crew of the space shuttle Columbia , which disintegrated over Texas ...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Eberswalde Crater on Mars named after the City of Eberswalde in the German State of Brandenburg

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The Eberswalde Crater on Mars is named after the German town with the same name (in accordance with the rules for planetary nomenclature of...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Valles Marineris, a Martian rift zone named to honor the scientific team of the Mariner 9 program

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The Valles Marineris got their name in 1973 to honor the scientific team of the Mariner 9 program [1]. The term “Valles Marineris” is the ...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

The Latin nouns “planitia” and “planum” both mean “plain”—in astronomy “low plain” and “high plain,” respectively

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The Latin nouns planitia and planum both mean flat surface , plain or level ground [1,2]. Their plural forms are planitiae and plana ,...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Craters Airy and Airy-0 on Mars named after Greenwich astronomer Sir George Biddell Airy

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The craters Airy and Airy- 0 on Mars were named to commemorate the Greenwich astronomer Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) [1]: Airy- 0...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Crater Gusev on Mars named after Russian astronomer Matwei Matwejewitsch Gusev

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Crater Gusev on Mars was named for the Russian astronomer Matwei Matwejewitsch Gusev (1826-1866) [1]. In English, his first name is comm...