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Kepler (Martian crater)

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Planet
  
Mars

Eponym
  
Johannes Kepler

Diameter
  
233 km

Kepler (Martian crater)

Kepler is a crater in the Eridania quadrangle on Mars. Located at 46.8° S, 140.9° E, Kepler is 233 kilometres (145 mi) wide. It was named in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union, in honor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler. On March 25, 2006 a section of the floor of Kepler was photographed by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Kepler (Martian crater) Wikipedia