Limtoc

Limtoc is a crater on the surface of Mars's inner moon Phobos.[1] The crater, the diameter of which is 2 kilometers, is located within the larger, and more well-known surface feature, Stickney crater.[1] Limtoc was officially named by the International Astronomical Union on 29 November 2006, after a character from Gulliver's Travels.[1]

Stickney crater with Limtoc within it, as seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on 23 March 2008

References
  1. "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Limtoc on Phobos". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2021.


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