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Capote (crater)

Coordinates: 21°06′S 287°35′W / 21.1°S 287.59°W / -21.1; -287.59
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Capote
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates21°06′S 287°35′W / 21.1°S 287.59°W / -21.1; -287.59
QuadrangleDebussy
Diameter88 km
EponymTruman Capote
Oblique view

Capote is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013, and is named for the American author Truman Capote.[1]

The central peak of Capote is unusual because a ring-like depression completely surrounds it.

On the north rim of Capote, along its border with Kipling crater, is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM), closely associated with hollows.[2]

Oblique view from MESSENGER's second flyby in October 2008. Capote is in central foreground.

References

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  1. ^ "Capote". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ 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