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    Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy), the Greco-Egyptian astronomer (c. AD 90-160). The Soviet probe Mars 3 is thought to have successfully landed in Ptolemaeus crater...
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  • Canadian Rockies Ptolemaeus (lunar crater), a crater on the near side of the Moon named after the astronomer Ptolemaeus (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named...
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    the crater midpoint that is closest to Ptolemaeus. The following crater has been renamed by the IAU. Ptolemaeus A — See Ammonius. Ptolemaeus (Martian crater)...
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  • Thumbnail for List of craters on Mars: O–Z
    here contains only named Martian craters starting with the letter O – Z (see also lists for A – G and H – N). Large Martian craters (greater than 60 kilometers...
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    Life on Mars (redirect from Martian life)
    on Earth Mars in fiction § Life on Mars Martian craters Martian dichotomy Martian geyser Martian gullies Martian soil Mineralogy of Mars Ore resources on...
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  • Thumbnail for Gullies on Mars
    many craters near the large craters Copernicus and Newton (Martian crater). Group of gullies on north wall of crater that lies west of the crater Newton...
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    called the deferent. In Roman Egypt during the 2nd century CE, Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) attempted to address the problem of the orbital motion of Mars...
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    orbiter and an attached lander. After the Mars 2 lander crashed on the Martian surface, the Mars 3 lander became the first spacecraft to attain a soft...
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  • Asteroid Belt, Deimos moon, Gale crater, Kaiser crater, Lyot crater, Ptolemaeus crater, and Victoria crater; with Mars Yard located on earth as a testing...
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  • Thumbnail for Eridania quadrangle
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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  • flow across the surface, going around obstacles, as it does on some Martian craters. Regions, called "chaotic terrain", seemed to have quickly lost great...
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  • Thumbnail for Mare Acidalium quadrangle
    are few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim, as seen...
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  • Thumbnail for Argyre quadrangle
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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    especially on the walls of craters. Martian gullies are believed to be relatively young because they have few, if any craters. Moreover, they lie on top...
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  • Thumbnail for Arcadia quadrangle
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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  • Thumbnail for Terra Cimmeria
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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  • Thumbnail for Phaethontis quadrangle
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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  • Thumbnail for Gorgonum Chaos
    few craters on this mantle, the mantle is relatively young. An excellent view of this mantle is shown below in the picture of the Ptolemaeus Crater Rim...
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    Weir, Andy (2014). The Martian. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8041-3902-1. Scheib, Richard (October 24, 2015). "The Martian (2015)". Moria - The Science...
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  • Thumbnail for Timeline of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
    photographs Curiosity during its descent through the Martian atmosphere to a landing in Gale crater. April 11, 2013: NASA announced that HiRISE may have...
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  • English 'Ledaean' or 'Ledéan' Greek noun and adjective Ptolemaios > Latin Ptolemæus > English 'Ptolemaean' Greek Argō > adjective Argōos > Latin Argōus >...
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  • theoretical and observational astronomy. He is also honored by a lunar and a Martian crater (Hipparchus and Hipparchus, respectively). The official naming citation...
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