Caravaggio (crater)

Caravaggio is a large crater on Mercury. The crater was named after the Italian painter Caravaggio by the IAU in 2013.[1]

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MESSENGER NAC image, acquired on third flyby in September 2009
Feature typePeak-ring impact basin
LocationEminescu quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates3.18°N 272.76°W / 3.18; -272.76
Diameter185 km
EponymMichelangelo Merisi Caravaggio

Caravaggio is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2]

The scarps Blossom Rupes cut across the southern rim of Caravaggio and extend to the southeast a further 400 km to the crater Savage.[3]

  • WAC mosaic
    WAC mosaic
  • NAC mosaic at low sun angle
    NAC mosaic at low sun angle
  • Approximate color image
    Approximate color image

References
  1. "Caravaggio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. "Blossom Rupes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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