Theophanes (crater)

Theophanes

MESSENGER NAC image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	5°01′S142°47′W / 5.02°S 142.78°W / -5.02; -142.78
Quadrangle	Beethoven
Diameter	46 km (29 mi)
Eponym	Theophanes

Theophanes is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Byzantine painter Theophanes. ^[1]

Hollows are present within Theophanes and to the west of the crater.

Two unnamed depressions east of Theophanes may be sites of explosive volcanism. ^[2]

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  Theophanes crater and hollows to the west
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  Theophanes at left, with two probable sites of explosive volcanism at center and below center

References

1. "Theophanes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. Thomas, R. J., D. A. Rothery, S. J. Conway, and M. Anand (2014), Long-lived explosive volcanism on Mercury, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6084–6092, doi:10.1002/2014GL061224.