Iazu (crater)
 Color-coded for minerals and annotated, Iazu crater is south of Endeavour crater | |
| Planet | Mars |
|---|---|
| Region | Meridiani Planum |
| Coordinates | 2°42′S 5°12′W / 2.7°S 5.2°W / -2.7; -5.2 |
| Quadrangle | Margaritifer Sinus |
| Diameter | 6.8 kilometers |
| Eponym | Iazu, Romania |
Iazu is an impact crater located within the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This geological feature is about 7 km in diameter.[1] It is close to the landing site of the Mars Exploration Rover-B Opportunity, and its walls have been photographed by the spacecraft during its traverse to Endeavour Crater. At the time, the crater was about 38 kilometers (24 mi) away.[2] It was named in 2006 for Iazu, a village in Dâmbovița County, southern Romania.[1]
Bopolu (crater) is west of Iazu and Endeavour crater.
Views from orbit
From surface
Context map
See also
References
- ^ a b "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Iazu on Mars". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ^ "One Mars Rover Sees A Distant Goal; The Other Takes A New Route". NASA/JPL. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
External links
- Official Mars Exploration Rovers website
- Iazu crater - HiRISE
