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Bashō_(crater) Latitude and Longitude:

32°24′S 170°22′W / 32.4°S 170.36°W / -32.4; -170.36
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Bashō
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 32°24′S 170°22′W / 32.4°S 170.36°W / -32.4; -170.36
Quadrangle Michelangelo
Diameter74.62 km (46.37 mi)
Eponym Matsuo Bashō

Bashō is a crater on Mercury named after Matsuo Bashō, a 17th-century Japanese writer. [1] Bashō crater is only 74.62 kilometers (46.37 mi) in diameter, [2] but is a prominent feature on Mercury's surface, due to its bright rays. Photographs from NASA's Mariner 10 and MESSENGER spacecraft show a curious halo of dark material around the crater. [3]

Bashō is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater. [4]

References

  1. ^ International Astronomical Union (30 November 1980). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, Volume XVIIB. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 291. ISBN  978-90-277-1159-5.
  2. ^ "Bashō". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Catalog Page for PIA10650". photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  4. ^ 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.