Munkácsy (crater)
 Image from MESSENGER's first flyby in January 2008 | |
| Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
|---|---|
| Location | Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 21°57′N 258°52′W / 21.95°N 258.86°W |
| Diameter | 193 km (120 mi) |
| Eponym | Mihály Munkácsy |
Munkácsy, named after Mihály Munkácsy, is a crater on Mercury. Munkácsy originally had a double-ring basin structure, but most of the inner ring was buried when the basin was flooded with volcanic lava. Only a few remnants of the ring poke up through the lava, although low ridges in the lava seem to trace out much of the rest of the ring's circumference.[1] Munkácsy is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2]
The name of the crater was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2009. Munkácsy is named for the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy.[3]
The crater Fonteyn is to the northwest of Munkácsy, and the crater Raditladi is to the northeast.
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Most of the crater -
Mosaic across the central crater
References
[edit]- ^ "MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Munkácsy". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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