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Saheki (crater)
Saheki
is a
crater
on
Mars
, located in the
Iapygia quadrangle
at 21.75° S and
286
.97° W. It measures approximately
82
kilometers
in
diameter
and was named after
Tsuneo Saheki
, a
Japanese
amateur astronomer
. The
naming
was
adopted
by IAU's
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
in
2006
.
The crater
contains
a number of
alluvial fans
, which are
preserved
in
inverted relief
.