Mercury Name Proposal Summary
February 18 2008
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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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*proposed feature category
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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