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MESSENGER mosaic | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W |
Quadrangle | Neruda |
Diameter | 113 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.
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MESSENGER mosaic | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 44°05′S 255°11′W / 44.09°S 255.19°W |
Quadrangle | Neruda |
Diameter | 113 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.