Scamander Vallis [SEP] located on astronomical body
Scamander Vallis
Scamander Vallis is an ancient river valley in the Arabia quadrangle of Mars, located at 16 North and 331.5 West. It is 204 km long and was named after an ancient name of a river in Troy.
and the Amor-type 1036 Ganymed.
Honors.
Awards
- Foreign membership of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1953)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1954)
- Bruce Medal (1955)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (1958)
Named after him
- Asteroid 1501 Baade
- The crater Baade on the Moon
- Vallis Baade, a vallis (valley) on the Moon
- One of the two Magellan telescopes