Rabe (crater)

{{Infobox crater data | titlecolor = #FA8072 | title = Rabe | image = Rabe Crater ESA310883.tiff | caption = ESA's [[Mars Express]]' HRSC photo of Rabe Crater, North is to the right | region = [[Noachis quadrangle]] | coordinate_title = [[Mars#Geography|Coordinates]] | globe = Mars | coordinates = {{coord|43.9|S|34.9|E|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | diameter = {{cvt|108|km}} | eponym = [[Wilhelm F. Rabe]] }}

'''Rabe''' is a [[impact crater|crater]] on the planet [[Mars]], located in the [[Noachis quadrangle]] at 43.9° south latitude 34.9° east longitude. It measures approximately 108 kilometers in diameter. Its name was approved in 1973, and refers to [[Wilhelm F. Rabe]], a German astronomer (1893–1958).<ref>{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature {{!}} Rabe|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4909|website=usgs.gov|publisher=[[International Astronomical Union]]|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref>

There is a huge field of [[Dune|dunes]] in the center of Rabe. The dunes may be remnants of crater-filling deposits, or they may be windblown sediment trapped in the crater.<ref>[https://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/3dsolarsystem/slide_27.html Rabe (Terrain Softening)], The Solar System in 3-D, Lunar and Planetary Institute</ref>

Rabe is west of the [[Hellespontus Montes]] and the huge [[Hellas Planitia]].

==Gallery== <gallery class="center" widths="190px" heights="180px" > Maprabecrater.jpg|Map showing location of Rabe crater on the bottom right Image:Rabe Crater Floor.JPG|Rabe crater floor, as seen by [[HiRISE]] Image:Rabe Crater.jpg|This image shows part of the floor of Rabe crater Rabe Crater perspective ESA310887.jpg|Perspective view of Rabe crater seen from the ESA's [[Mars Express]] </gallery>

== See also == * [[List of craters on Mars: O-Z]]

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[[Category:Impact craters on Mars]] [[Category:Noachis quadrangle]] [[Category:Noachis Terra]]