Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 1°18′S 36°37′W / 1.3°S 36.62°W |
Quadrangle | Kuiper |
Diameter | 319 km (198 mi) |
Eponym | Homer |
Homer is a crater on Mercury. It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. [1] It is Tolstojan in age. [2]
Deposits of material in and around this crater suggest the possibility of explosive volcanic eruptions at some point in the planet's history. [3] An unnamed crater in northwestern Homer (about 18 km diameter) contains hollows and has dark ejecta.
The crater name was approved by the IAU in 1976. [4] The naming of Stark Y crater on the Moon, located northwest of Stark, as Homer, was not approved by the IAU. [5]
The small but fresh crater Dominici lies along the northern margin of Homer. The crater Handel is to the northeast, and Titian is to the southwest.