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Porter is a large-scale impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle on the planet Mars situated in Aonia Terra at 50.8° south and 113.9º west. The impact caused a bowl 105 kilometres (65 mi) across. The name was chosen in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union in honour of the US astronomer and explorer Russell W. Porter (1871-1949).

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