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{{Short description|Crater on Mars}}
{{Infobox crater data
| titlecolor  = #FA8072
| title       = Burroughs
| coordinate_title = [[Mars#Geography|Coordinates]]
| globe       = Mars
| coordinates = {{coord|72.5|S|243.1|W|globe:mars_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter    = {{convert|104.0|km}}
| eponym      = [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]
}}
'''Burroughs''' is a large [[Impact crater|crater]] on [[Mars]] at [[latitude]] 72.5S / [[longitude]] 243.1W, with a diameter of {{convert|104.0|km}}.

The crater is named after [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]],<ref name="sagan19780528">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/28/archives/growing-up-with.html |title=Growing up with Science Fiction |last=Sagan |first=Carl |date=1978-05-28 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-12-12 |page=SM7 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> the [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] [[novelist]] who wrote a [[Barsoom|series of fantasy novels]] set on the planet.
[[File:Burroughs crater.jpg|none|thumb|500x500px]]

An ice deposit in Burroughs Crater contains strong evidence that recent Martian climate is influenced by changes in the planet's orbit and axial tilt.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1029/2021GL097450|title = Orbital Forcing of Martian Climate Revealed in a South Polar Outlier Ice Deposit|year = 2022|last1 = Sori|first1 = Michael M.|last2 = Becerra|first2 = Patricio|last3 = Bapst|first3 = Jonathan|last4 = Byrne|first4 = Shane|last5 = McGlasson|first5 = Riley A.|journal = Geophysical Research Letters|volume = 49|issue = 6| article-number=e2021GL097450 | pmid=35864927 | pmc=9285921 |bibcode = 2022GeoRL..4997450S|s2cid = 247784306}}</ref><ref>Sori, M., et al.  2022.  Orbital Forcing of Martian Climate Revealed in a South Polar Outlier Ice Deposit.  Geophysical Research Letters.  49:6. e2021GL097450</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2022-03-mounds-ice-craters-insight-mars.html|title=Mounds of ice in craters give new insight into Mars' past climate}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.erbzine.com/mag2/0246.html The crater Burroughs on Barsoom]

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