Machaut (crater)
Appearance
Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Beethoven quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 2°03′S 82°22′W / 2.05°S 82.37°W |
Diameter | 104 km (65 mi) |
Eponym | Guillaume de Machaut |
Machaut is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 106 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Machaut is named for the French composer and poet Guillaume de Machaut, who lived from 1300 to 1377.[2]
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Machaut crater, from MESSENGER's second flyby in October 2008
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Crater interior, showing a fresh crater and a ghost crater
References
[edit]- ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
- ^ "Machaut". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 13 August 2022.