What is "suess"

Suess is a small lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a higher albedo than the surroundings. The closest significant crater is Reiner, about 150 kilometers to the west-northwest. The lunar mare that surrounds Suess is marked by the rays radiating from the crater Kepler to the east-northeast.

The long, sinuous rille named Rima Suess begins about 30 kilometers to the east of Suess, and winds its way in a generally north-northwesterly direction for a length of almost 200 kilometers.

Suess may refer to:

• Süß, a German surname transliterated as Suess
• Eduard Suess (1831–1914), an Austrian geologist
  • Suess Glacier, a glacier in Canada named for the geologist
• Hans Suess (1909-1993), an Austrian born American physical chemist and nuclear physicist
  • Suess effect, a change in the ratio of the atmospheric concentrations of heavy isotopes of carbon noted by the chemist
• Suess (lunar crater), named for Rima Suess
• Suess (Martian crater)

Suess Crater is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 67.1°S latitude and 178.6°W longitude. It is 79.2 km in diameter and was named after Eduard Suess, and the name was approved in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN).

Wikisuess.jpg|Suess (Martian crater), as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).