Castiglione (crater)
 MESSENGER NAC image of Castiglione | |
| Feature type | Central-peak impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Debussy quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 40°52′S 87°58′E / 40.87°S 87.96°E |
| Diameter | 80 km (50 mi) |
| Eponym | Giuseppe Castiglione |
Castiglione is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Castiglione is named for the Italian painter Giuseppe Castiglione.[1]
In the southwest portion of Castiglione is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM), closely associated with hollows.[2]
Castiglione lies on the south rim of the larger Rembrandt basin.
References
[edit]- ^ "Castiglione". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ 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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