Derain quadrangle

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Derain quadrangle as mapped by the MESSENGER spacecraft.
1934 map showing the Pieria albedo feature

The Derain quadrangle (H-10) is one of fifteen quadrangles on Mercury. It runs from 288° to 360° west longitude and from 22° S to 22° N latitude. Named after the Derain crater, it was mapped in detail for the first time after MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury in 2011. It had not been mapped prior to that point because it was one of the six quadrangles that was not illuminated when Mariner 10 made its flybys in 1974 and 1975. These six quadrangles continued to be known by their albedo feature names, with this one known as the Pieria quadrangle.[1][2]

The hypothetical Skinakas Basin was thought to exist on the west side of the quadrangle, but MESSENGER images did not confirm its existence. The large Lennon-Picasso Basin covers much of the eastern part of the quadrangle.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "1:5 Million-Scale Maps of Mercury". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS/IAU/NASA). Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. ^ "SP-423 Atlas of Mercury". NASA. p. 21. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  3. ^ Fassett C. I.; Head J. W.; Baker D. M. H.; et al. (2012). "Large impact basins on Mercury: Global distribution, characteristics, and modification history from MESSENGER orbital data" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 117 (E12). Bibcode:2012JGRE..117.0L08F. doi:10.1029/2012JE004154. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-29.
Quadrangles on Mercury
H-1 Borealis
(features)
H-5 Hokusai
(features) 		H-4 Raditladi
(features) 		H-3 Shakespeare
(features) 		H-2 Victoria
(features)
H-10 Derain
(features) 		H-9 Eminescu
(features) 		H-8 Tolstoj
(features) 		H-7 Beethoven
(features) 		H-6 Kuiper
(features)
H-14 Debussy
(features) 		H-13 Neruda
(features) 		H-12 Michelangelo
(features) 		H-11 Discovery
(features)
H-15 Bach
(features)


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