Rabe (crater)

Rabe

ESA's Mars Express' HRSC photo of Rabe Crater, North is to the right
Planet	Mars
Region	Noachis quadrangle
Coordinates	43°54′S 34°54′E / 43.9°S 34.9°E / -43.9; 34.9
Quadrangle	Noachis
Diameter	108 km (67 mi)
Eponym	Wilhelm F. Rabe

Rabe is a crater on the planet Mars, located in the Noachis quadrangle at 43.9° south latitude 34.9° east longitude. It measures approximately 108 kilometers in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and refers to Wilhelm F. Rabe, a German astronomer (1893–1958).^[1]

There is a huge field of dunes in the center of Rabe. The dunes may be remnants of crater-filling deposits, or they may be windblown sediment trapped in the crater.^[2]

Rabe is west of the Hellespontus Montes and the huge Hellas Planitia.

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  Map showing location of Rabe crater on the bottom right
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  Rabe crater floor, as seen by HiRISE
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  This image shows part of the floor of Rabe crater
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  Perspective view of Rabe crater seen from the ESA's Mars Express

• List of craters on Mars: O-Z