Debussy (crater)
Debussy is named after Claude Debussy (1862–1918), one of the most important French composers, who worked in the field of the impressionist music. It has a diameter of about 85 km, while the rays extend hundreds of kilometers, covering much of the southern hemisphere. The ray system of Debussy is the second most prominent on Mercury after that of Hokusai. Debussy is the only named feature within the plain of Turms Planitia.
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
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First ever photograph from Mercury orbit with Debussy near top
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Debussy crater at a high incidence angle (79.3)
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Debussy crater at a low incidence angle (34.4)
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Regional view in exaggerated color
References
- ^ "Ten Craters On Mercury Receive New Names". SpaceDaily. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ^ "PIA11371: "A" Spectacular Rayed Crater". NASA. October 6, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Harmon, John K.; Slade, Martin A.; Butler, Bryan J.; Head, J; Rice, M; Campbell, D (2007). "Mercury: Radar images of the equatorial and midlatitude zones". Icarus. 187 (2): 374–405. Bibcode:2007Icar..187..374H. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.026.
- ^ Turms Planitia, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- ^ 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.