Machaut (crater)
Machaut is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 106 kilometers. 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.
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Machaut crater, from MESSENGER's second flyby in October 2008 -
Crater interior, showing a fresh crater and a ghost crater
References
- ^ 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.
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