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Debussy (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Summary

Crater on Mercury

FieldValue
nameDebussy
imageDebussy crater (PIA11371).jpg
captionDebussy crater, from MESSENGER's second flyby in October 2008
locationDebussy quadrangle, Mercury
typeImpact crater
coordinates
diameter85 km
eponymClaude Debussy

Debussy is a rayed impact crater on Mercury, which was discovered in 1969 by low resolution ground-based radar observations obtained by the Goldstone Observatory.

Debussy is named after Claude Debussy (1862–1918), one of the most important French composers, who worked in the field of the impressionist music. The ray system of Debussy is the second most prominent on Mercury after that of Hokusai.

This crater is a prominent feature in the first photograph taken from Mercury orbit, taken on March 29, 2011 by the MESSENGER spacecraft, pictured below.

Debussy is the fifth-largest crater of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater, and it is only slightly smaller than the aforementioned Hokusai crater.

Views

First ever photograph from Mercury orbit.jpg|First ever photograph from Mercury orbit with Debussy near top Debussy crater EN0235382112M.jpg|Debussy crater at a high incidence angle (79.3) Debussy crater EN1017272071M.jpg|Debussy crater at a low incidence angle (34.4) Debussy crater MESSENGER WAC IGF to RGB.jpg|Regional view in exaggerated color

References

References

  1. "Ten Craters On Mercury Receive New Names". SpaceDaily.
  2. (2007). "Mercury: Radar images of the equatorial and midlatitude zones". Icarus.
  3. (October 6, 2008). "PIA11371: "A" Spectacular Rayed Crater". [[NASA]].
  4. Debussy is the only named feature within the plain of '''Turms Planitia'''.[https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15554 Turms Planitia], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
  5. Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In ''Mercury: The View After [[MESSENGER]]'' edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.
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