Giambologna (crater)

Giambologna

MESSENGER image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	42°35′S124°07′W / 42.58°S 124.11°W / -42.58; -124.11
Quadrangle	Michelangelo
Diameter	69 km (43 mi)
Eponym	Giambologna

Giambologna is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on December 16, 2013. Giambologna is named for the Flemish sculptor Jean Boulogne Giambologna. ^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[2]

Giambologna has an unusual, asymmetrical morphology in the east-west direction. The western side has several broad terraces and no significant flat floor, while the eastern side has a steep cliff at the rim dropping to a flat floor. The central peak is arcuate in shape.

Giambologna lies on the western side of a much larger, unnamed crater of approximately 150 km (93 mi) diameter. To the north is the crater Surikov, and to the west is Delacroix.

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  Oblique view of Giambologna crater
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  Approximate color image of the surface of Mercury. Giambologna is at top center. The prominent crater at right is Hawthorne.

References

1. "Giambologna". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN   978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.