Matisse (crater)
 MESSENGER photo of Matisse (right), from its first flyby in January 2008 | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 23°48′S 90°11′W / 23.80°S 90.19°W |
| Quadrangle | Michelangelo |
| Diameter | 189 km (117 mi) |
| Eponym | Henri Matisse |
Matisse is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Mercury.[1] Matisse takes its name from the French artist Henri Matisse, and it was named by the IAU in 1976.[2]
Within Matisse is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows.[3] The dark spot is located on the southwest rim of an unnamed crater on the north rim of Matisse.
The smaller crater Lessing is to the south of Matisse.
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Northern Matisse crater -
Detail of dark spot in Matisse crater. Hollows are present in the dark spot and in the unnamed crater in upper right.
References
- ^ "MESSENGER DANCES BY MATISSE". Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Matisse". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115
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