Nereus (crater)
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| Planet | Mars |
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| Diameter | About 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Eponym | A Greek god, probably of the sea |
Nereus is a small impact crater lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars with a diameter of about 10 metres (33 ft).[1] It is located just south of the planet's equator[2] on the relatively smooth Meridiani Planum (plain).[3]
It was discovered by the Opportunity Mars rover on Sol 2010 (2009-09-19), being noticed because it is surrounded by jagged rocks, and was the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2009-10-19.
It is named for Nereus a Greek god who lived with the Nereids in the Aegean Sea.[4]
See also
- List of craters on Mars
- Geology of Mars
- List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover
References
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- Photos
- Panorama of Nereus crater, hortonheardawho, Flickr, 2009-10-14.
- Close up in 3D of the western edge of Nereus crater, hortonheardawho, Flickr, 2009-10-10.
- Nereus Crater on Mars (panorama), Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA, 2009-10-19.
- Opportunity Panoramic Camera Raw Images for Sol 2010, NASA/JPL/Caltech, 2009.
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- ↑ Google Mars KML file tracing Opportunity's route (includes coordinates), Tesheiner, UnmannedSpaceflight.com, 2009.
- ↑ Panorama of Nereus crater, hortonheardawho, Flickr, 2009-10-14.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 233-36, is unequivocal that Nereus is the Old Man of the Sea (ἅλιος γέρων), whereas the Odyssey refers the sobriquet to Nereus (xxiv.58) to Proteus (iv.365, 387), and to Phorkys (xiii.96, 345).
