Tyagaraja (crater)

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Tyagaraja
Tyagaraja crater EW1009232948G.png
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates3°53′N 148°54′W / 3.89°N 148.9°W / 3.89; -148.9Coordinates: 3°53′N 148°54′W / 3.89°N 148.9°W / 3.89; -148.9
QuadrangleTolstoj
Diameter97 km
EponymTyagaraja

Tyagaraja is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Tyagaraja is named for the Indian composer Tyagaraja.[1]

Tyagaraja is the third-largest crater of the Kuiperian system on Mercury, at 97 km diameter, after Bartók crater and Amaral crater.[2]

Hollows are present within Tyagaraja.

The larger Phidias is to the north, and the crater Stevenson is to the east.

  • Mariner 10 image with Tyagaraja at bottom

  • The interior of Tyagaraja, showing its hollows

  • Oblique view also showing the hollows

References[]

  1. ^ "Tyagaraja". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.
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