Beagle (crater)

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Beagle Crater

Location	Meridiani Planum
Diameter	35 m
Depth	Approx. 1-2 meters.
Discoverer	Opportunity rover
Naming	HMS Beagle and Beagle 2

This article is about the crater on Mars. For other uses, see Beagle (disambiguation).

Beagle Crater is a crater on Mars in Meridiani Planum which was explored by the Opportunity rover. It was located by the rover in images taken on sol 855 (June 20, 2006), 310 metres (1,107 ft) away. It is on the edge of the much larger Victoria Crater's ejecta blanket, named the Victoria Annulus.^[1]

Contents 1 See also 1.1 Other craters visited by Opportunity 2 References 3 External links

[edit] See also

• List of craters on Mars
• Geography of Mars

[edit] Other craters visited by Opportunity

• Eagle Crater
• Fram Crater
• Endurance Crater
• Argo Crater
• Vostok Crater
• Erebus Crater
• Emma Dean Crater
• Victoria Crater

[edit] References

1. ^ Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Completes Mission's Grandest Panorama, Opportunity Approaches Beagle Crater. Retrieved on August 25, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Official Mars Rovers website
• Beagle crater (panoramic image)