Goeppert-Mayer (crater) explained

Goeppert-Mayer
Location:Venus
Coordinates:59.7°N 26.8°W
Eponym:Maria Goeppert-Mayer[1]

Goeppert-Mayer is a crater on the planet Venus. It was named in 1991 after Polish physicist and Nobel laureate Maria Goeppert-Mayer.[2]

It is 35km (22miles) 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chapman . Kit . Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table . 13 June 2019 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 9781472953919 . 29 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Goeppert-Mayer . . October 1, 2006 . 2024-09-17.
  3. Book: Guide to Magellan Image Interpretation . Jet Propulsion Laboratory . 39.