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Polygnotus (crater)

Coordinates:0°08′S69°16′W / 0.13°S 69.26°W /-0.13; -69.26
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Crater on Mercury
Polygnotus
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An image of Polygnotus. Its central peak ring has been partially submerged by smooth plains material
Feature typePeak-ring impact basin
LocationKuiper quadrangle,Mercury
Coordinates0°08′S69°16′W / 0.13°S 69.26°W /-0.13; -69.26
Diameter124 km (77 mi)
EponymPolygnotus

Polygnotus is acrater onMercury, named by theIAU in 1976, after ancient Greek painterPolygnotus.[1] The crater was first imaged byMariner 10 in 1974.[2]

Polygnotus has a centralpeak ring which is embayed with smooth plains material, which is very different in texture from the surrounding terrain.[3] It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[4]

Boethius crater is west of Polygnotus.Tansen is to the northwest, andMotonobu is to the east.

  • Exaggerated color image with Polygnotus near center
    Exaggerated color image with Polygnotus near center
  • Distant oblique view showing Polygnotus at right and Motonobu at top center
    Distant oblique view showing Polygnotus at right andMotonobu at top center

References

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  1. ^"Polygnotus".Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved21 September 2022.
  2. ^Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978).Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128.ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.
  3. ^MESSENGER Gathers Unprecedented Data about Mercury's Surface, Release Date: October 7, 2008. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
  4. ^Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. InMercury: The View AfterMESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.
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