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Crater on Mercury Crater on Mercury
Rustaveli
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates52°25′N 277°16′W / 52.41°N 277.26°W / 52.41; -277.26
QuadrangleHokusai
Diameter200.0 km (124.3 mi)
EponymShota Rustaveli
Rustaveli crater in exaggerated color

Rustaveli is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli.

Rustaveli is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. The interior has mostly been flooded by impact melt or volcanic deposits.

A confirmed dark spot is present in northern Rustaveli. This dark spot is associated with hollows (see below).

To the east of Rustaveli is Kulthum crater. The crater Copland and Nathair Facula are to the southwest.

Hollows

Hollows are present on the floor of Rustaveli crater.

  • Hollows associated with the dark spot in north-central Rustaveli Hollows associated with the dark spot in north-central Rustaveli
  • Bright hollow north of the center of Rustaveli Bright hollow north of the center of Rustaveli
  • Hollow on the southern rim with halo of low reflectance material Hollow on the southern rim with halo of low reflectance material

References

  1. "Rustaveli". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.
  3. Mercury's Smile, published August 5, 2011. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
  4. 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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