Brashear (Martian crater)

This article is about the crater on Mars. For the crater on the Moon, see Brashear (lunar crater).

Brashear Crater

Wide view of Brashear near other craters, as seen by MOLA in which elevations are indicated by different colors.
Planet	Mars
Coordinates	54.14°S 119.03°W / -54.14; -119.03
Diameter	77.45 km
Eponym	John A. Brashear (1840-1920), an American astronomer

Brashear Crater is an impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 54.14 S and 119.03 W. It is 77.45 km in diameter, and was named after John A. Brashear (1840–1920), an American astronomer. The name was approved in 1973.

Its nearest named craters are Porter to the northeast, Lamont some hundreds of kilometers south-southeast, Dokuchaev to the south-southwest and Hussey to the northwest, the remaining two are in the Phaethontis quadrangle.

The westernmost portion and its rim lies in the Phaethontis quadrangle and three smaller craters are situated with the southern part having a central peak. North is a partly faded unnamed crater and surrounding that east and north rim are mountains. South of the crater are a bit mountainous.

Gallery

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  Mars Global Surveyor context image with box showing where next image is located.

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  Mars Global Surveyor image of part of area in the previous photo. The dark spots are resolved to be sand dunes. Picture taken with Mars Global Surveyor under the MOC Public Targeting Program.

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  Brashear Crater, as seen by CTX

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  Dunes inside Brashear crater, this is a close-up image of the crater by CTX

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  Brashear Crater dunes and dust devil tracks after a late-2014 dust storm, as seen by CTX

See also

• Dunes
• Impact crater
• Impact event
• List of craters on Mars
• Mars Global Surveyor
• MOC Public Targeting Program
• Ore resources on Mars
• Planetary nomenclature
• Thaumasia quadrangle