Mozart (crater)

Coordinates: 7°45′N 190°35′W / 7.75°N 190.59°W / 7.75; -190.59
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Mozart
Approximate color image by MESSENGER
PlanetMercury
Coordinates7°45′N 190°35′W / 7.75°N 190.59°W / 7.75; -190.59
QuadrangleTolstoj
Diameter241 km (150 mi)
EponymWolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart is a

IAU in 1976 after Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.[1]

The arc of dark hills visible on the crater's floor represents remnants of a central

peak ring. Mozart is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2] A close inspection of the area around Mozart crater shows many long chains of secondary craters
, formed by impact of material thrown out during the formation of the main crater.

Confirmed dark spots are present within Mozart.[3] The dark spots are present around the remnants of the peak ring.

Mozart crater is located just south of the

Caloris basin. To the southeast is Tir Planitia
.

Views

  • The first image of Mozart crater, acquired on MESSENGER's first flyby on 14 January 2008
    The first image of Mozart crater, acquired on MESSENGER's first flyby on 14 January 2008
  • Another MESSENGER image of central and northwestern Mozart, at a low sun angle. Shows the fractures in its smooth floor in bottom right, parts of its peak-ring, and the hummocky ejecta blanket in the upper left.
    Another MESSENGER image of central and northwestern Mozart, at a low sun angle. Shows the fractures in its smooth floor in bottom right, parts of its peak-ring, and the hummocky ejecta blanket in the upper left.
  • Mozart crater interior
    Mozart crater interior

References

  1. USGS
    . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  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. ^ Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115
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