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Balanchine (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Summary

Crater on Mercury

Field	Value
name	Balanchine
image	Balanchine crater in Caloris Basin.jpg
caption	MESSENGER image of Balanchine
location	Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury
type	Central-peak impact crater
coordinates
diameter	38 km
eponym	George Balanchine

Approximate color image of Balanchine crater

Balanchine is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It possesses a ray system of slightly blue rays which inspired its name due to resembling the tutu in George Balanchine's Serenade.

Extensive hollows are present within Balanchine, as well as an associated dark spot.

High-resolution view of some of the hollows

Balanchine lies in the northeast portion of the Caloris Basin. To its northeast is Nervo crater, and to its southeast March.

References

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References

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. [https://doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115 doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115]

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