Berkel (crater)

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Berkel
Berkel three arrows.png
The two white arrows indicate neighboring bright craters, in contrast to Berkel's dark halo.
PlanetMercury
Coordinates13°36′S 333°30′W / 13.6°S 333.5°W / -13.6; -333.5Coordinates: 13°36′S 333°30′W / 13.6°S 333.5°W / -13.6; -333.5
QuadrangleDerain quadrangle
Diameter21 km
EponymSabri Berkel
Oblique close-up by MESSENGER

Berkel is a crater on the planet Mercury. Its name was approved by the IAU on July 9, 2009. It was named after the modernist painter Sabri Berkel.[1]

The crater contains dark material in its center and in a ring immediately surrounding it. Moreover, Berkel is surrounded by a blanket of bright ejecta and a system of bright rays. Other craters on Mercury's surface, such as Bashō, also exhibit both bright rays and dark halos. In contrast, two neighboring craters have bright rays but lack dark halos.[2]

Berkel lies within the much larger and older crater Ellington, which is to the southeast of Derain. Both Derain and Ellington lie within a much older, 730-km-diameter, unnamed crater.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Berkel on Mercury". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Chapman, C. R., Baker, 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).


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