Badwater Crater

Badwater crater is a crater located in Hellas Planitia on Mars. It contains the lowest point on the planet. Badwater has a diameter of 20.59 miles (33.14 kilometers).^[1]

Name

Badwater Crater is named after the city of Badwater, California in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. The name for the crater was officially adopted by the IAU on 11 April 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov.
^ "Astrogeology". USGS. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Three newly named Mars features | Red Planet Report".
^ Bernhardt, H.; Reiss, D.; Hiesinger, H.; Ivanov, M. A. (April 2016). "The honeycomb terrain on the Hellas basin floor, Mars: A case for salt or ice diapirism". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 121 (4): 714–738. Bibcode:2016JGRE..121..714B. doi:10.1002/2016JE005007. ISSN 2169-9097.

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[iau-1] "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov.

[2] "Astrogeology". USGS. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[3] "Three newly named Mars features | Red Planet Report".

[4] Bernhardt, H.; Reiss, D.; Hiesinger, H.; Ivanov, M. A. (April 2016). "The honeycomb terrain on the Hellas basin floor, Mars: A case for salt or ice diapirism". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 121 (4): 714–738. Bibcode:2016JGRE..121..714B. doi:10.1002/2016JE005007. ISSN 2169-9097.

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