Roddenberry (Martian crater)

Roddenberry
Planet Mars
Coordinates 49°22′S 4°26′E / 49.37°S 4.43°E / -49.37; 4.43Coordinates: 49°22′S 4°26′E / 49.37°S 4.43°E / -49.37; 4.43
Diameter 139.15
Eponym Gene Roddenberry

Roddenberry is a crater on Mars located at 49°S 4°E to the east of Argyre Planitia in Noachis Terra. It is approximately 139 km in diameter. The crater's name was taken from Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television series Star Trek, and was formally approved by the IAU in 1994.[1]

To the southwest of Roddenberry is the crater Green.

References

  1. ↑ Roddenberry, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
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