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Priestley (Martian crater)
Priestley
is an
impact crater
in the
Eridania quadrangle
of
Mars
, located at
54
.4°S
latitude
and
229
.4°W
longitude
. It
measures
41
.9
kilometers
in
diameter
and was named after
English
clergyman
and
scientist
Joseph Priestley
. The
naming
was
approved
by IAU's
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
in
1973
.