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Boeddicker (crater)

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Planet
  
Mars

Diameter
  
109 km

Boeddicker (crater)

Eponym
  
Otto Boeddicker, a German astronomer (1853-1937)

Boeddicker Crater is a crater in the Aeolis quadrangle of Mars, located at 15° south latitude and 197.7° west longitude. It is 109 km in diameter and was named after Otto Boeddicker, a German astronomer (1853–1937).

Boeddicker Crater was discussed as a landing site for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers. It was one of 25 from a list of 185 after the FirstLanding Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, January 24-25, 2001, at NASA Ames Research Center.

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