Eagle (Meridiani Planum crater)
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Eagle is a 22-metre long impact crater located on the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) portion of the planet Mars. The Opportunity rover came to rest inside Eagle crater when it landed in 2004. Scientists were delighted that the rover landed there, as the crater contains rocky outcroppings that helped prove that Meridiani was once an ocean floor.
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Planet | Mars |
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Region | Meridiani Planum |
Coordinates | 1.95°S 354.47°E / -1.95; 354.47 |
Quadrangle | Margaritifer Sinus |
Diameter | 22 m[1] |
Depth | 3 m[1] |
Discoverer | Opportunity rover |
Eponym | See list below |
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This crater should not be confused with the other, much larger Martian crater Eagle, which was officially named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1976.[2]