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Archive Home > 2002 > August > 19 > Mars crater is named after Bend

Mars crater is named after Bend

By Melissa Bearns / The Bulletin
August 19, 2002

Bend, apparently, has universal appeal.

A local author researching a book on the exploration of Mars found that folks with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) named a crater on the red planet after Bend.

The crater was named in 1976 and is located at 22.6 degrees south and 27.8 degrees....

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