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Cruls (Martian crater)

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Planet
  
Mars

Diameter
  
87.89 km

Cruls (Martian crater)

Eponym
  
Luis Cruls, Brazilian astronomer.

Cruls is an impact crater in the Eridania quadrangle on Mars at 42.91° S and 163.03° E. and is 87.89 km in diameter. Its name was assigned in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union, in honor of Brazilian astronomer Luis Cruls. Evidence of previous glacial activity is evident in images.

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Cruls (Martian crater) Wikipedia