{{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 = [[Mars#Geography|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&nbsp;km in diameter and was named after [[Otto Boeddicker]], a German astronomer (1853–1937).<ref>{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Boeddicker|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/791|website=usgs.gov|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/mars/|title = Google Mars}}</ref>

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.<ref>Golombek M. et al. (2001) LPS XXXII, abs. #1234.</ref><ref>https://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.</ref><ref>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 </ref>

Boeddicker Crater has a uniformly sloped crater floor which tracks with a gradational albedo change, similar to [[Gusev (Martian crater)|Gusev crater]] to the east. Some researchers have hypothesized that this could be the result of aeolian deposition.<ref name=roth1987>{{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}}</ref>

<gallery class="center" widths="250px" heights="250px" > 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. </gallery>

==See also== * [[Groundwater on Mars]] * [[Geology of Mars]] * [[HiRISE]] * [[Impact crater]] * [[Impact event]] * [[List of craters on Mars]] * [[Ore resources on Mars]] * [[Planetary nomenclature]]

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