Matisse (crater)

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Matisse
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MESSENGER photo of Matisse (right), from its first flyby in January 2008
Feature typeImpact crater
Location Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates 23°48′S90°11′W / 23.80°S 90.19°W / -23.80; -90.19
Diameter189 km (117 mi)
Eponym Henri Matisse

Matisse is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Mercury. [1] Matisse takes its name from the French artist Henri Matisse, and it was named by the IAU in 1976. [2]

Two faculae (high-albedo areas) within and near Matisse were named by the IAU in May 2023. One is called Ngu Facula, located within an unnamed crater in northern Matisse. [3] The other is called Ahas Facula, located in an unnamed crater northeast of Matisse. [4]

Within Matisse is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows. [5] The dark spot is located on the southwest rim of the unnamed crater containing Ngu Facula.

The smaller crater Lessing is to the south of Matisse.

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References

  1. ↑ "MESSENGER DANCES BY MATISSE" . Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Matisse". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ngu Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ahas Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ↑ 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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