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grainger+crater Latitude and Longitude:

44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W / -44.09; -255.19
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grainger
MESSENGER mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W / -44.09; -255.19
Quadrangle Neruda
Diameter113 km (70 mi)
Eponym Percy Grainger

Grainger is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2012, after the Australian-born composer George Percy Aldridge Grainger. [1]

Grainger has a rather prominent central peak, which rises above much of the rim of the crater. [2] There is slumping evident around much of the outer rim.

There are irregular depressions with a halo of high- albedo material in the northeast quadrant of the crater, which may be volcanic in nature. [3]

The large Rembrandt basin is to the northwest of Grainger, and to the northeast is Beckett crater.

References

  1. ^ "Grainger". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ JMARS software, Colorized Shade 2km (USGS) topographic layer for Mercury
  3. ^ Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J.; Blewett, David T.; Gaskell, Robert W.; Denevi, Brett W.; Robinson, Mark S.; Strom, Robert G.; Solomon, Sean C.; Sprague, Ann L. (2009). "Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285 (3–4): 243–250. Bibcode: 2009E&PSL.285..243G. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023.



grainger+crater Latitude and Longitude:

44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W / -44.09; -255.19
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grainger
MESSENGER mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W / -44.09; -255.19
Quadrangle Neruda
Diameter113 km (70 mi)
Eponym Percy Grainger

Grainger is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2012, after the Australian-born composer George Percy Aldridge Grainger. [1]

Grainger has a rather prominent central peak, which rises above much of the rim of the crater. [2] There is slumping evident around much of the outer rim.

There are irregular depressions with a halo of high- albedo material in the northeast quadrant of the crater, which may be volcanic in nature. [3]

The large Rembrandt basin is to the northwest of Grainger, and to the northeast is Beckett crater.

References

  1. ^ "Grainger". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ JMARS software, Colorized Shade 2km (USGS) topographic layer for Mercury
  3. ^ Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J.; Blewett, David T.; Gaskell, Robert W.; Denevi, Brett W.; Robinson, Mark S.; Strom, Robert G.; Solomon, Sean C.; Sprague, Ann L. (2009). "Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285 (3–4): 243–250. Bibcode: 2009E&PSL.285..243G. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023.



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