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MESSENGER WAC mosaic of Ellington | |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Derain quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 12°53′S 333°54′W / 12.88°S 333.9°W |
Diameter | 216 km |
Eponym | Duke Ellington |
Ellington is a crater on Mercury named after Duke Ellington, an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. It was named by the IAU in 2012. [1]
Ellington is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. [2]
Within Ellington is the smaller crater Berkel. The somewhat smaller crater Derain is to the northwest. Both Derain and Ellington lie within a much older, 730-km-diameter, unnamed crater (referred to as b36). [3]
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MESSENGER WAC mosaic of Ellington | |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Derain quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 12°53′S 333°54′W / 12.88°S 333.9°W |
Diameter | 216 km |
Eponym | Duke Ellington |
Ellington is a crater on Mercury named after Duke Ellington, an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. It was named by the IAU in 2012. [1]
Ellington is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. [2]
Within Ellington is the smaller crater Berkel. The somewhat smaller crater Derain is to the northwest. Both Derain and Ellington lie within a much older, 730-km-diameter, unnamed crater (referred to as b36). [3]