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Stickney crater (MRO, 23 March 2008).

Stickney is the largest crater on Phobos. Phobos is a satellite of Mars. It is at 1°N 49°W / 1°N 49°W / 1; -49 and is 9 km (5.6 mi) in diameter. It makes a large part of the moon's surface.

It is named after Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, wife of Phobos's discoverer, Asaph Hall.

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