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Palos (crater)

Coordinates: 2°41′S 110°54′E / 2.69°S 110.9°E / -2.69; 110.9
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Palos
Palos crater (upper right) and Tinto Vallis (right). Viking Orbiter 1 image.
PlanetMars
RegionTyrrhenum quadrangle
Coordinates2°41′S 110°54′E / 2.69°S 110.9°E / -2.69; 110.9
QuadrangleMare Tyrrhenum
Diameter54.82 km
EponymPalos, Spain

Palos is an impact crater on Mars, located on the southern margin of Amenthes Planum. Its name was approved in 2000, and refers to a town in Spain.[1]

Tinto Vallis ends in Palos crater, breaching the southwestern rim. Water flowed through Tinto Vallis and probably pooled in Palos before exiting in the gap in the north rim of the crater.[2] Sediments within Palos which bury the original crater floor were also likely deposited by water flowing from Tinto Vallis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | Palos". usgs.gov. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ The Surface of Mars, Michael Carr, 2006. Cambridge University Press. Figure 7.3 (p. 152). ISBN 978-1-10846275-4. [1]
  3. ^ Deposits on the Floor of Palos Crater, University of Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, HiRISE, Written by: Cathy Weitz, 31 March 2010