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Darwin (Martian crater)

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Planet
  
Mars

Diameter
  
176.38

Eponym
  
Charles Darwin and George Darwin

Darwin is a crater on Mars located at 57°S 19°E to the southeast of Argyre Planitia in Noachis Terra. It is approximately 176 km in diameter. The crater's name was formally approved by the IAU in 1973.

To the northeast of Darwin are the craters Green and Roddenberry. To the northwest is the larger crater Galle, and to the southwest is the crater Maraldi.

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Darwin (Martian crater) Wikipedia