page_title: Newton (Martian crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Newton (Martian crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Part of Newton crater on Mars. Mosaic of two Viking 1 images from camera A (562A09 562A11). Red filter was used for these images. Resolution is about 171 m/pixel. Oblique view looking southwest. Average Emission Angle: 21.3 Average Incidence Angle: 68.9 Average Phase Angle: 84.5 Approximate Latitude: -41 Approximate Longitude: 202.2
context_page_description: Newton is a large crater on Mars, with a diameter close to 300 km. It is located south of the planet's equator in the heavily cratered highlands of Terra Sirenum in the Phaethontis quadrangle. The crater was named in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in honor of British physicist Sir Isaac Newton.
  Three smaller craters within Newton have been named. Avire is to the west of the central peak. Palikir and Dechu are to the southeast of the central peak.
context_section_description: Newton is a large crater on Mars, with a diameter close to 300 km. It is located south of the planet's equator in the heavily cratered highlands of Terra Sirenum in the Phaethontis quadrangle. The crater was named in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) in honor of British physicist Sir Isaac Newton.
  Three smaller craters within Newton have been named.  Avire is to the west of the central peak.  Palikir and Dechu are to the southeast of the central peak.
caption: Viking Orbiter mosaic of most of Newton. Oblique view looking southwest.
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