Columbus (crater)
id:
columbus-crater-237-4729563
title:
Columbus (crater)
text:
Columbus is a crater in the Terra Sirenum of Mars. It is 119 km in diameter and was named after Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (1451–1506). The discovery of sulfates and clay minerals in sediments within Columbus crater are strong evidence that a lake once existed in the crater. Research with an orbiting near-infrared spectrometer, which reveals the types of minerals present based on the wavelengths of light they absorb, found evidence of layers of both clay and sulfates in Columbus crat
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Crater on Mars
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_(crater)
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-04T02:12:32Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q4175020","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4175020"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Martian_crater_Columbus_based_on_day_THEMIS.png","width":16888,"height":11952}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15