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'''Davies''' is a crater on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] located at 46°N 0&# |
'''Davies''' is a crater on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] located at 46°N 0°E on the fringe of [[Acidalia Planitia]] near [[Arabia Terra]]. It is approximately 47 km in diameter. |
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Davies crater was named in honor of [[Merton Davies]] ([[1917]]-[[2001]]), a pioneer in the cartography of planetary bodies. An employee of the [[Rand Corporation]], he assisted [[NASA]] in mapping Mars with colleagues [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] and [[Harold Masursky]] and defined the [[prime meridian]] of Mars as passing through [[Airy-0_(crater)|Airy-0 crater]]. Davies crater lies on the prime meridian. |
Davies crater was named in honor of [[Merton Davies]] ([[1917]]-[[2001]]), a pioneer in the cartography of planetary bodies. An employee of the [[Rand Corporation]], he assisted [[NASA]] in mapping Mars with colleagues [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] and [[Harold Masursky]] and defined the [[prime meridian]] of Mars as passing through [[Airy-0_(crater)|Airy-0 crater]]. Davies crater lies on the prime meridian. |
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Revision as of 20:12, 7 October 2004
Davies is a crater on Mars located at 46°N 0°E on the fringe of Acidalia Planitia near Arabia Terra. It is approximately 47 km in diameter.
Davies crater was named in honor of Merton Davies (1917-2001), a pioneer in the cartography of planetary bodies. An employee of the Rand Corporation, he assisted NASA in mapping Mars with colleagues Gérard de Vaucouleurs and Harold Masursky and defined the prime meridian of Mars as passing through Airy-0 crater. Davies crater lies on the prime meridian.
The name Davies has only been provisionally accepted by the International Astronomical Union and will not be official until the 2006 meeting of the IAU.