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| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Beethoven quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 18°54′S 120°00′W / 18.9°S 120.0°W / -18.9; -120.0 |
| Diameter | 129 km (80 mi) |
| Eponym | Andrés Bello |
Bello is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 129 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Bello is named for the Venezuelan poet Andrés Bello, who lived from 1781 to 1865.
At the west rim of Bello is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM), closely associated with hollows. Regions along the south and southeastern rims are also fairly dark.
Bello lies entirely within the Beethoven basin.
References
- Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
- "Bello". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115
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