![]() Mosaic of MESSENGER NAC images focused on Calvino | |
Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 3°59′S 56°02′W / 3.99°S 56.03°W |
Diameter | 67 km |
Eponym | Italo Calvino |
Calvino is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2016, after the Italian writer Italo Calvino.[1]
Calvino lies in the center of Sihtu Planitia, and Rūdaki crater is to the east.
Views
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Mariner 10 image of Calvino and vicinity
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Calvino crater at center of each image. The left image was created by combining WAC images from three narrow-band color filters to approximate Mercury's color as it would be seen by the human eye. The right image used a statistical analysis of all 11 WAC filters to highlight subtle color differences on the surface.[2]
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Mosaic of MESSENGER NAC images. Some hollows are visible on the central peak complex.
References
[edit]- ^ Calvino, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ^ "MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-05-02.