Wren (crater)

Wren

MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	24°50′N35°57′W / 24.84°N 35.95°W / 24.84; -35.95
Quadrangle	Victoria
Diameter	204 km (127 mi)
Eponym	Christopher Wren

Wren is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 204 kilometres (127 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Wren is named for English architect Christopher Wren. ^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[2]

Wren is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. ^[3]

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  Mariner 10 image showing Wren above right of center
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  MESSENGER mosaic showing Wren at right, from the second flyby in October 2008

References

1. "Wren". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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.
3. Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.