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Crater on Mercury
Crater on Mercury
Hollows within Larrocha crater. The left image shows a patch of hollows on the east side of the crater, acquired by MESSENGER's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on 13 February 2013. The yellow squares show the locations of the three images to the right, acquired by the NAC on 17 February 2015 from a much lower altitude. The width of each of the three images on the right is about 1.72 km.
Part of Larrocha crater in approximate color.
Larrocha is an
impact crater on
Mercury . It has a diameter of 196 km (122 mi), and it is one of 110
peak ring basins on Mercury.
[2] It is located in the
Victoria quadrangle (H-2 quadrangle) at
43°17′N 69°50′W / 43.29°N 69.83°W / 43.29; -69.83 (Larrocha ) .
[1]
Larrocha was named after Spanish pianist
Alicia de Larrocha ; this name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 18, 2013.
[1]
Larrocha contains abundant
hollows , including a large patch on the east side that is over 15 km long.
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References
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"Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Larrocha on Mercury" . planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov . Retrieved 2020-08-01 .
^ 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.
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