Bouguer Crater
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| Bouguer Crater | |
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 Bouguer Crater as seen by CTX. Crater rim is at top. Small craters are on floor of the crater. |
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| Planet | Mars |
| Coordinates | 18°42′S 332°48′W / 18.7°S 332.8°WCoordinates: 18°42′S 332°48′W / 18.7°S 332.8°W |
| Diameter | 107 km |
| Eponym | Pierre Bouguer, French physicist-hydrographer (1698-1758) |
Bouguer Crater is an impact crater in the Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle of Mars, located at 18.7° S and 332.8° W It is 107 km in diameter and was named after Pierre Bouguer, French physicist-hydrographer (1698-1758).[1] When a comet or asteroid collides at a high rate of speed interplanetary with the surface of Mars it creates an impact crater.
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Close up of layers in eroded deposits on the floor of Bouguer Crater, as seen by HiRISE. This image is in a different part of the crater than the previous image.
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