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Lampland is an impact crater on Mars, located in the
Lampland is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Thaumasia quadrangle
The Thaumasia quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Thaumasia quadrangle is also referred to as MC-25 (Mars Chart-25).
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at 35.9°S latitude and 79.6°W longitude. It is 79.0 kilometers in diameter and was named after Carl Otto Lampland. The name was approved by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973.
Importance
The density of impact craters is used to determine the surface ages of Mars and other solar system bodies. The older the surface, the more craters present. Crater shapes can reveal the presence of ground ice. Lampland Crater sits in an area with many craters, hence this region is considered to be quite old.See also
* 1767 Lampland, asteroid * Climate of Mars * Geology of Mars *Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or me ...
* List of craters on Mars
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This is a list of craters on Mars. Impact craters on Mars larger than exist by the hundreds of thousands, but only about one thousand of them have names. Names are assigned by the International Astronomical Union after petitioning by ...
* Ore resources on Mars
References
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