ERTé (CRATER)

Erté
	MESSENGER WAC image of the bright Erté
Feature type	Central-peak impact crater
Location	Shakespeare quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	27°26′N 117°20′W / 27.44°N 117.33°W
Diameter	48.5 km (30.1 mi)
Eponym	Erté

Erté is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013. It is named for the artist and designer known as Erté.^[1]

Erté is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.^[2]

References

^ "Erté". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.

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