Villa-Lobos (crater)

Villa-Lobos

MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Derain quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	5°16′N353°13′W / 5.27°N 353.21°W / 5.27; -353.21
Diameter	67 km (42 mi)
Eponym	Heitor Villa-Lobos

Villa-Lobos is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Villa-Lobos is named for the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. ^[1]

The scarp called Grifo Rupes cuts across Villa-Lobos north to south, and extends to the north through several unnamed craters. ^[2] Grifo Rupes form the southwest margin of an ancient impact basin now known as Calder-Hodgkins. ^[3] The basin was originally identified as b30. ^[4] The basin is named after Calder crater near the south rim, and Hodgkins crater near the north rim. It is about 1,460 km (910 mi) in diameter.

Grifo Rupes cutting across Villa-Lobos crater

References

1. "Villa-Lobos". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 9 February 2020.
2. "Grifo Rupes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 15 May 2024.
3. Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6.
4. Fassett C. I.; Head J. W.; Baker D. M. H.; et al. (2012). "Large impact basins on Mercury: Global distribution, characteristics, and modification history from MESSENGER orbital data" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 117 (E12). Bibcode:2012JGRE..117.0L08F. doi:10.1029/2012JE004154. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-29.