Veronese (crater)

Veronese

MESSENGER NAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	5°18′N55°57′W / 5.3°N 55.95°W / 5.3; -55.95
Quadrangle	Kuiper
Diameter	45 km (28 mi)
Eponym	Paolo Veronese

Veronese is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 45 kilometres (28 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 28, 2021. Veronese is named for the Italian painter Paolo Veronese. ^[1]

Vereonese contains a large irregular depression in its floor. The depression is bright and probably contains hollows. Similar depressions are present within nearby Mistral crater. The depressions are similar to those within Navoi, Lermontov, Scarlatti, and Praxiteles. The depressions are thought to be caused by volcanic explosions. ^{[2] [3]}

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  Oblique view showing detail of the irregular pit
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  Highly oblique view

References

1. "Veronese". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA . Retrieved 4 March 2022.
2. "Navoi: An Uncommon Crater Named for the Uzbek Poet". Messenger. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
3. David Pegg, David Rothery, M.R. Balme, Susan Conway, 2021. Explosive vent sites on Mercury: Commonplace multiple eruptions and their implications. Icarus 365:114510. doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114510