Schiaparelli A (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Schiaparelli

Named after Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli - Italian astronomer (1835-1910).

A crater within Schiaparelli shows many layers that may have formed by the wind, volcanoes, or deposition under water. Layers can be a few meters thick or tens of meters thick. Recent research on these layers suggests that ancient climate change on Mars, caused by regular variation in the planet's tilt, may have caused the patterns in layers. (wikipedia entry)