Eberswalde , formerly known as Holden NE, is a 65-kilometer-long Martian partially buried impact crater in Pearl Land . Named after the German city of Eberswalde . Currently considered as a potential landing site for the Mars rover Mars 2020 . The Eberswalde Delta was discovered by Michael C. Malin and Ken Edgett of Malin Space Science Systems in 2003.
| Eberswalde? | |
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| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 65.3 km |
| Deepest | about 800 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Eberswalde |
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| Heavenly body | Mars |
The crater formed about 3.7 billion years ago after a collision with Mars a large asteroid. Later, a meteorite fell near the crater, which formed the Holden crater with a diameter of 140 kilometers, filling a part of the Eberswalde funnel. The discovered channel with a delta , covering an area of about 115 square kilometers, fed the lake inside the crater. According to scientists, the delta was covered with sedimentary rocks, but later opened due to erosion [1] .