Gold (crater) explained

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Gold
Coordinate Title:Coordinates
Globe:Mars
Coordinates:20.03°N 328.76°W
Eponym:A town in Pennsylvania

Gold is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars. It was named after a town in Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1976.[1]

Gold is famous as being one of several craters showing clear evidence that it was affected by floods of water from Ares Vallis on Mars.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Gold. usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. 9 September 2021.
  2. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810003458 NASA SP-441: VIKING ORBITER VIEWS OF MARS