Wen Tianxiang (crater)

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Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang crater MESSENGER NAC mosaic.jpg
MESSENGER NAC mosaic
Planet Mercury
Coordinates 45°20′S191°36′W / 45.34°S 191.6°W / -45.34; -191.6
Quadrangle Neruda
Diameter 166.42 km (103.41 mi)
Eponym Wen Tianxiang
Exaggerated color MESSENGER image centered on Wen Tianxiang Wen Tianxiang crater region MESSENGER WAC IGF to RGB.jpg
Exaggerated color MESSENGER image centered on Wen Tianxiang

Wen Tianxiang is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in June 2020, and it is named for Chinese writer and poet Wen Tianxiang. [1]

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

Within southern Wen Tianxiang crater is Yinshe Facula, a bright area associated with a small crater. Yinshe is the Chinese word for silver snake. [3]

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References

  1. "Wen Tianxiang". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 20 March 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. "Yinshe Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 28 February 2023.