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Castiglione (crater)

Coordinates: 40°52′S 87°58′E / 40.87°S 87.96°E / -40.87; 87.96
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Castiglione
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MESSENGER NAC image of Castiglione
Feature typeCentral-peak impact crater
LocationDebussy quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates40°52′S 87°58′E / 40.87°S 87.96°E / -40.87; 87.96
Diameter80 km (50 mi)
EponymGiuseppe Castiglione

Castiglione is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Castiglione is named for the Italian painter Giuseppe Castiglione.[1]

In the southwest portion of Castiglione is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM), closely associated with hollows.[2]

Castiglione lies on the south rim of the larger Rembrandt basin.

References

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  1. ^ "Castiglione". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ 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