The scientists of Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have discovered three new craters on Mars.
They have been discovered in the Tharsis volcanic region on Mars.
On the recommendation of the PRL, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved naming the three craters on Mars
What they are named
One crater has been named “Lal crater” after Prof. Devendra Lal, a renowned Indian geophysicist and former director of PRL from 1972-1983. It is a 65 km wide crater
The second crater has been named “Mursan crater” after a town in Uttar Pradesh. Mursan crater is a ~10 km wide crater superimposed on the eastern side of the rim of the Lal crater.
The third crater is “Hilsa crater”. It is a ~10 km wide crater superimposed on the western side of the rim of the Lal crater. It is named after a town in Bihar
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