Heinlein (crater)

Heinlein is a crater in Promethei Terra, Mars. Centered at 64.6 degrees south, 243.8 degrees west, it is 83 km in diameter.

It is named after Robert A. Heinlein, a leading science fiction author.^[1]

Heinlein helped to narrate the Moon landing with Walter Cronkite on CBS in 1969. He was involved in the planning of the Star Wars Defense program in the 1980s. Several of his novels involve Mars, especially Stranger in a Strange Land, Red Planet, and Podkayne of Mars. Many NASA officials say that his works inspired them to enter the space industry.

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Atmosphere	Circulation Climate Dust devil tracks Methane

Regions	Arabia Terra Cerberus Hemisphere Cydonia Eridania Lake Iani Chaos Olympia Undae Planum Australe Planum Boreum Quadrangles Sinus Meridiani Tempe Terra Terra Cimmeria Terra Sabaea Tharsis Undae Ultimi Scopuli Vastitas Borealis

Features	Mountains by height Plains Plateaus Canyons Chaos terrain Valleys Gullies Outflow channels Valley network Fossae Mensae Labyrinthi Catenae Craters Observed rocks

Geology	Brain terrain Canals (list) Carbonates Chaos terrain Color Composition Concentric crater fill Dark slope streak Dichotomy Fretted terrain Geysers Glaciers Groundwater Gullies Lakes Lava tubes Lobate debris apron Meteorites on Earth on Mars North Polar Basin Ocean hypothesis Ore resources Polar caps Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain softening Tharsis bulge Volcanology Water Yardangs

History	Amazonian Hesperian Noachian Observation history Classical albedo features

Moons	Phobos Features Stickney crater Monolith Deimos Features Swift crater Voltaire crater

Transits	Solar eclipses on Mars Satellite transits Phobos Deimos Planetary transits Earth Venus Mercury

Asteroids	Mars-crossers 2007 WD5 Trojans 5261 Eureka 1998 VF₃₁ 1999 UJ₇ 2007 NS₂

Comets	C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) (Mars close approach, 19 Oct 2014)

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Robotic	Icebreaker Life Mars 2022 orbiter Mars Geyser Hopper Mars-Grunt MELOS MetNet Northern Light PADME Phobos Surveyor Phootprint

Manned	Chinese Mission to Mars Interplanetary Transport System Mars Base Camp Mars Design Reference Mission Austere Human Missions to Mars Mars Direct Mars One Mars to Stay

Abandoned	Caves of Mars Project Mars Piloted Orbital Station SCIM TMK

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