Boeddicker (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on Mars}}

{{Infobox crater data

| titlecolor = #FA8072

| title = Boeddicker

| image = Aeolis map.JPG

| caption = Map of Aeolis quadrangle. The Spirit Rover landed in Gusev crater. It found volcanic rocks that probably came from Apollinaris Patera. A large pile of layered rocks sits in the middle of Gale Crater.

| coordinate_title = Coordinates

| globe = Mars

| coordinates = {{coord|15|S|197.7|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 109 km

| eponym = Otto Boeddicker, a German astronomer (1853-1937)

}}

Boeddicker is a crater in the Aeolis quadrangle of Mars, located at 15° south latitude and 197.7° west longitude. It is 109 km in diameter and was named after Otto Boeddicker, a German astronomer (1853–1937).{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Boeddicker|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/791|website=usgs.gov|publisher=International Astronomical Union|access-date=4 March 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/mars/|title = Google Mars}}

Boeddicker Crater was discussed as a landing site for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers. It was one of 25 from a list of 185 after the FirstLanding Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, January 24–25, 2001, at NASA Ames Research Center.Golombek M. et al. (2001) LPS XXXII, abs. #1234.http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/mer {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208142957/https://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/mer/ |date=2016-12-08 }} and http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/mer2003.Golombek, M., J. Grant, T. Parker, T. Schofield, D. Kass, P. Knocke, R. Roncoli, N. Bridges, S. Anderson, J. Crisp, A. Haldemann, M. Adler, W. Lee, S. Squyres, R. Arvidson, M. Carr, C. Weitz. 2002. DOWNSELECTION OF LANDING SITES FOR THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII 1245.pdf

Boeddicker Crater has a uniformly sloped crater floor which tracks with a gradational albedo change, similar to Gusev crater to the east. Some researchers have hypothesized that this could be the result of aeolian deposition.{{cite journal|first1=LE|last1=Roth|first2=RS|last2=Saunders|first3=GS|last3=Downs|first4=G|last4=Schubert|title=Radar altimetry of the Martian cratered highlands|journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society|volume=19|page=834}}

Image:Boeddicker Crater Floor.JPG|Boeddicker Crater Floor, as seen by HiRISE.

Wikiboeddicker.jpg|West side of Boeddicker Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Wikiboeddickerdunes.jpg|Enlargement of previous image showing dunes on floor of Boeddicker Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).

Boedicker crater.jpg|A topographic map showing Boaddicker crater and the central hill which rises about 1,800 meters off the crater floor.