Space / 2021-10-12
Becquerel Crater
NASA's image library records Becquerel Crater.
Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Becquerel Crater, including a large layered deposit. Becquerel Crater is located in Arabia Terra and is 165km (102 miles) in diameter. There is also a Becquerel Crater on the moon – both named for A.H. Becquerel. Becquerel was a French physicist who, with the Curies, received the Noble Prize in physics i
A CLOSER LOOK
Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Becquerel Crater, including a large layered deposit. Becquerel Crater is located in Arabia Terra and is 165km (102 miles) in diameter. There is also a Becquerel Crater on the moon – both named for A.H. Becquerel. Becquerel was a French physicist who, with the Curies, received the Noble Prize in physics in 1903, and was the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Orbit Number: 85977 Latitude: 21.1238 Longitude: 352.108 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-05-02 15:48 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24217
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