Hun Kal is a small (about 1.5 km in diameter) crater on Mercury that serves as the reference point for the planet's system of longitude. The longitude...
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Petrarch is a crater on Mercury. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It was...
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Mercurian: 414 craters (7.9%) Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.1%) Martian: 1,092 craters (20.9%) Venusian: 900 craters (17.2%) Others: 1,198 craters (22.9%)...
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Mercury (planet) (section Impact basins and craters)
small crater further west was chosen, called Hun Kal, which provides the exact reference point for measuring longitude. The center of Hun Kal defines...
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A permanently shadowed crater is a depression on a body in the Solar System within which lies a point that is always in darkness. As of 2019, there are...
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actress Billie Burke. Northeast rim of Burke crater Oblique view of Burke crater (upper left) and Gordimer crater (lower left) Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data...
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material blasted out during the crater's formation. Craters older than Degas are covered by the ray material, while younger craters are seen superimposed on...
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Caloris Planitia (category Impact craters on Mercury)
the crater could not be imaged. Later, on January 15, 2008, one of the first photos of the planet taken by the MESSENGER probe revealed the crater in its...
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Thoreau is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. The crater is named for American poet and...
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Du Fu is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Du Fu is named for the Chinese...
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Bunin is a crater on Mercury, located near the north pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2019. It is named for...
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1975 the prime meridian of Mercury was defined to be 20° east of the crater Hun Kal. This meridian was chosen because it runs through the point on Mercury's...
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Berry is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 28, 2020. Berry is named for the American...
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Tsʻao Chan is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, for the Chinese writer Tsʻao Chan. Tsʻao...
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Duccio is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 14, 2013. Duccio is named for the Italian painter...
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Geology of Mercury (redirect from Pit-floor crater)
from relatively fresh rayed-craters, to highly degraded crater remnants. Mercurian craters differ subtly from Lunar craters – the extent of their ejecta...
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Donelaitis is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on May 15, 2013. Donelaitis is named for the Lithuanian...
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Boznańska is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Boznańska is named for the...
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Chao Meng-Fu is a 167 km (104 mi) diameter crater on Mercury named after the Chinese painter and calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322). Due to its location...
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Tansen is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. The crater is named for Tansen, Mughal composer...
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Balanchine is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It possesses a ray system of slightly blue rays which inspired its name due to resembling the tutu...
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Apollodorus is an impact crater on Mercury. Its unusual appearance, with radiating dark troughs, led to a nickname of "the Spider" by scientists before...
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Rude is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It is named for the French sculptor François Rude. Its name was approved by the International Astronomical...
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Bagryana is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2017, after Bulgarian poet Elisaveta Bagryana. Bagryana...
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the craters Sveinsdóttir and Izquierdo. Oblique view of circular bright crater within Manley Bright crater within northern Manley crater. The crater has...
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Canova is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2018, after Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. Hollows...
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Vlaminck is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 82 kilometres (51 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985...
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Kuiper quadrangle (section Craters and basins)
small crater Hun Kal (0.6° S., 20.0° ), which is the principal reference point for Mercurian longitude (Davies and Batson, 1975). Impact craters and basins...
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1976. Bach is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. MESSENGER image Bach crater interior Bach, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical...
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Bek is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 32 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2010. Bek is named...
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