Mars

Type

Feature Name

Origin

Vallis

Abus Vallis

Named after the Classical name for Humber River in England.

Crater

Airy

Named after George B. Airy - British astronomer (1801-1892).

Crater

Airy-0

Small crater within crater Airy that defines zero degrees longitude on Mars.

Crater

Bristol

English port.

Crater

Burton

Named after Charles E. Burton - British astronomer (1846-1882).

Vallis

Clota Vallis

Named after the Ancient name for present River Clyde, Scotland.

Crater

Crewe

Named after the Town in England.

Crater

Crommelin

Named after Andrew C. Crommelin - British astronomer (1865-1939).

Crater

Cross

Named after Charles Arthur Cross - British astronomer and cartographer (1920-1980).

Crater

Darwin

Named after Charles R. Darwin - British naturalist (1809-1882) and George H.; British astronomer (1845-1912).

Crater

Dawes

Named after William R. Dawes - British astronomer (1799-1868).

Crater

Denning

Named after William F. Denning - British astronomer (1848-1931).

Crater

Gill

Named after David Gill - British astronomer (1843-1914).

Crater

Gledhill

Named after Joseph Gledhill - British astronomer (1836-1906).

Crater

Green

Named after Nathan E. Green - British astronomer (1823-1899).

Crater

Hadley

Named after George Hadley - British meteorologist (1685-1768).

Crater

Haldane

Named after John B. Haldane - British physiologist-geneticist (1892-1964).

Crater

Halley

Named after Edmund Halley - British astronomer (1656-1742).

Crater

Heaviside

Named after Oliver Heaviside - British physicist (1850-1925).

Crater

Herschel

Named after John F. Herschel - British astronomer (1792-1871) and William H. Herschel - British astronomer (1738-1822).

Crater

Holmes

Named after Arthur Holmes - British geologist (1890-1965).

Crater

Hooke

Named after Robert Hooke - British physicist-astronomer (1635-1703).

Crater

Huggins

Named after William Huggins - British astronomer (1824-1910).

Crater

Hutton

Named after James Hutton - British geologist (1726-1797).

Crater

Huxley

Named after Thomas H. Huxley - British biologist (1825-1895).

Crater

Jeans

Named after James H. Jeans - British physicist, astronomer (1877-1946).

Crater

Jodrell

United Kingdom tracking site.

Crater

Jones

Named after Harold S. Jones - British astronomer (1890-1960).

Crater

Knobel

Named after Edward B. Knobel - British astronomer (1841-1930).

Crater

Lassell

Named after William Lassell - British astronomer (1799-1880).

Crater

Lockyer

Named after Joseph N. Lockyer - British astronomer (1836-1920).

Crater

Lyell

Named after Charles Lyell - British geologist (1797-1875).

Crater

Maidstone

Named after the Town in England.

Crater

Main

Named after Robert Main - British astronomer (1808-1878).

Crater

Marth

Named after Albert Marth - German astronomer (1828-1897).

Crater

Maunder

Named after Edward W. Maunder - British astronomer (1851-1928).

Crater

Molesworth

Named after Percy B. Molesworth - British astronomer (1867-1908).

Crater

Newton

Named after Isaac Newton - British physicist (1643-1727).

Crater

Phillips

Named after John Phillips - British geologist (1800-1874). Theodore E.; British astronomer (1868-1942).

Crater

Playfair

Named after John Playfair - British geologist and mathematician (1748-1819).

Crater

Poynting

Named after J.H. Poynting - English astrophysicist (1852-1914).

Crater

Priestley

Named after Joseph Priestley - British chemist (1733-1804).

Crater

Proctor

Named after Richard A. Proctor - British astronomer (1837-1888).

Crater

Rayleigh

Named after Strutt, John W., third Baron Rayleigh - British physicist (1842-1919).

Crater

Reynolds

Named after Osborne Reynolds - British physicist (1842-1912).

Crater

Richardson

Named after Lewis F. Richardson - British meteorologist, chemist (1881-1953).

Crater

Rutherford

Named after Ernest Rutherford - British physicist (1871-1937).

Vallis

Sabrina Vallis

Named after the Classical name for present Severn River, England.

Crater

Smith

Named after William Smith - British geologist-engineer (1769-1839).

Crater

South

Named after James South - British astronomer (1785-1867).

Crater

Stokes

Named after George G. Stokes - British physicist (1819-1903).

Vallis

Tiu Valles

Word for "Mars" in old English (West Germanic).

Crater

Tyndall

Named after John Tyndall - British physicist (1820-1893).

Vallis

Vedra Valles

Named after the Ancient European river (Great Britain).

Crater

Wallace

Named after Alfred R. Wallace - British biologist (1823-1913).

Crater

Wells

Named after Herbert G. Wells - British novelist (1866-1946).

Crater

Williams

Named after Arthur S. Williams - British astronomer (1861-1938).

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Mars

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