Zeami (crater)

Zeami

MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	2°58′S147°25′W / 2.96°S 147.41°W / -2.96; -147.41
Quadrangle	Tolstoj
Diameter	129 km (80 mi)
Eponym	Zeami Motokiyo

Zeami is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Japanese dramatist and playwright Zeami Motokiyo. ^[1]

Hollows are present within Zeami. Small irregular depressions near the central peak complex are evidence of explosive volcanism on the floor of the crater. ^[2]

The crater Stevenson is to the northeast of Zeami. Sophocles is to the south, and Goya is to the southwest.

Views

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  Mariner 10 image with Zeami at center
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  Zeami crater interior
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  Oblique view across northern Zeami crater
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  Detail of hollow in northern Zeami crater
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  Another detail of hollows in the crater

External links

• Zeami in color, from the Planetary Society

References

1. "Zeami". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 15 January 2020.
2. 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