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Steno (Martian crater) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Steno (Martian crater) Steno Crater is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 68.0°S latitude and 115.6°W longitude. It is 106.9 km in diameter and was named after Nicolas Steno, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).
Wikistenowest.jpg|Western side of Steno (Martian crater), as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
==Why craters are important== The density of impact craters is used to determine the surface ages of Mars and other solar system bodies.〔http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/stones/〕 The older the surface, the more craters present. Crater shapes can reveal the presence of ground ice.
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