Approximate color image of Ellington and vicinity, with the prominent Berkel above center
Ellington is a
crater on
Mercury named after
Duke Ellington, an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. It was named by the
IAU in 2012.[1]
Within Ellington is the smaller crater
Berkel. The somewhat smaller crater
Derain is to the northwest. Both Derain and Ellington lie within a much older, 730-km-diameter, unnamed crater (referred to as b36).[3]
References
^Ellington, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
^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. In Mercury: The View After
MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.
^Chapman, C. R., et al., 2018. Impact Cratering on Mercury. In Mercury: The View After
MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9, Figure 9.2 (a).