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词条 Quenisset (crater)
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  3. References

Quenisset is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Ismenius Lacus quadrangle at 34.6° N and 319.4° W. It measures 138 kilometer in diameter. Adopted by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973, the crater was named after French astronomer Ferdinand Quénisset.[1]

Description

Some close up images of the rim show old glaciers along the walls of smaller craters. Some glaciers are called lobate debris aprons.[2]

See also

  • Climate of Mars
  • Impact event
  • Glacier
  • Glaciers on Mars
  • List of craters on Mars
  • Lobate debris apron
  • Ore resources on Mars
  • Planetary nomenclature
  • Water on Mars

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Quenisset|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4896|website=usgs.gov|publisher=International Astronomical Union|accessdate=4 March 2015}}
2. ^Souness, C. and B. Hubbard. 2013. An alternative interpretation of late Amazonian ice flow: Protonilus Mensae, Mars. Icarus 225, 495-505.
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