Goeppert-Mayer (crater)
Crater on Venus
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Goeppert-Mayer is a crater on the planet Venus. It was named in 1991 after German physicist and Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert-Mayer.[2]
Stereo radar images by Magellan | |
| Location | Venus |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 59.7°N 26.8°E |
| Diameter | 33.5 km (20.8 mi) |
| Eponym | Maria Goeppert-Mayer[1] |
It is 35 kilometers (22 mi) in diameter and lies above an escarpment at the edge of a ridge belt in Southern Ishtar Terra. West of the crater the scarp has more than one kilometer (0.6 miles) of relief.[3]
