mercury name proposal summary february 18 2008 proposal contains unreleased messenger data do not...

Mercury Name Proposal Summary

February 18 2008

Proposal contains unreleased MESSENGER data

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Proposed Names

A) Crater, RaditladiB) Crater, EminescuC) Crater, SveinsdóttirD) Rupes, BeagleE) Crater, NerudaF) Crater, Zhao* (first or last)G) Crater, CunninghamH) Crater, AtgetI) Crater, SanderJ) Fossae, PantheonK) Crater, ApollodorusL) Crater, MunchM) Crater, Kertész

MESSENGER Mercury Context Map

Feature A: Raditladi

• Crater• Leetile Disang Raditladi

(Botswana, playwright and poet 1910-1971)

• 250 km diameter crater with unusual bright central peak (also color anomaly)

• 27.3°N, 241.1°W, 118.9°E

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Feature B: Eminescu

• Crater• Mihau Eminescu

(Romania, poet 1850-1889)

• 125 km diameter, bright central peak with unusual spectral properties

• 10.8°N, 245.8°W, 114.2°E

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Feature C: Sveinsdóttir

• Crater• Júlíana Sveinsdóttir

(Iceland, painter, 1889-1966)

• 120 x 220 elliptical crater

• 2.5°S, 259.9°W, 100.1°E

Feature D: Beagle

• Rupes• Beagle (England, Ship of

discovery, carried Darwin on global expedition in the 1830s)

• Giant three segment lobate scarp

• 1.9°S, 258.8°W, 101.2°E

Feature E: Neruda

• Crater• Pablo Neruda (Chile,

writer, 1904-1973)• 110 km diameter,

mottled albedo and smooth floor

• 52.4°S, 234.3°W, 125.7°E

Feature F: Zhao*

• Crater• Xiao Zhao (China, painter,

active 1130-1162)• 35 km diameter, fresh,

bright ray Kuiperian crater• 10.7°N, 236.2°W, 123.8°E

*Check first name, last name

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Feature G: Cunningham

• Crater• Imogen Cunningham

(United States, photographer, 1883-1976)

• 37 km diameter, fresh, bright ray Kuiperian crater

• 30.5°N, 202.8°W, 157.2°E

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Feature H: Atget

• Crater• Eugène Atget (French,

Photographer, 1857-1927)

• 100 km diameter low albedo crater SE floor of Caloris

• 25.6°N, 193.4°W, 166.6°E

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Feature I:

• Crater• August Sander

(Germany, photographer, 1876-1964)

• 58 km diameter crater floor of Caloris exhibiting unusual high albedo material on floor

• 42.7°N, 205.3°W, 154.7°E

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Feature J: Pantheon

• Fossae*• Pantheon (Italy, classic

domed building, circa 125 AD)

• ~200 km diameter radiating graben system with central impact crater (Apollodorus)

• 30.5°N, 191.1°W, 162.9°

Arrow indicates central crater, note series of radiating graben

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Feature K: Apollodorus

• Crater• Apollodorus of

Damascus (Syria or Greece, architect, sometimes credited as architect of Pantheon, 2nd century AD)

• 41 km diameter crater superposing radiating graben system

• 30.5°N, 197.1°W, 162.9°E

Arrow indicates crater with proposed name Apollodorus

Feature L: Munch

• Crater• Edvard Munch (Norway,

painter, 1863-1944)• 220 km diameter crater,

excavates anomalous material from depth (see low albedo streaks)

• 8.1°N, 190.6°W, 169.4°E

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Feature M: Kertész

• Crater• André Kertész (Hungary,

Photographer)• 65 km diameter, Dark

Crater SW Caloris - with odd high albedo blue floor materials

• 27.5°N, 214.1°W, 145.9°E

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