Tikhonravov (crater)

Tikonravov
Viking 1 Orbiter photo
PlanetMars
Coordinates13°18′N 35°54′E / 13.3°N 35.9°E / 13.3; 35.9
QuadrangleArabia
Diameter344 km (214 mi)
EponymMikhail Tikhonravov

Tikhonravov is a large, eroded crater in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars. It is 344 kilometres (214 mi) in diameter and was named after Mikhail Tikhonravov, a Russian rocket scientist. Tikhonravov is believed to have once held a giant lake that drained into the 4,500-kilometre-long (2,800 mi) Naktong-Scamander-Mamers lake-chain system. An inflow and outflow channel has been identified. Many craters once contained lakes.

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