Kuiper (Mercurian crater)
Kuiper is a moderate-size crater with a central peak cluster located at 11°21′S 31°14′W / 11.35°S 31.23°W on Mercury. It is 60 km in diameter and was named after Gerard Kuiper in 1976.[1] It is one of very few Mercurian craters which are named not after artists, and one of very few cases when the same name is used for 3 craters (there are also Kuiper craters on Mars and on the Moon).
Kuiper crater has the highest recorded albedo of any region on the planet's surface and has a prominent ray system, suggesting that it is one of the youngest craters.[2]
Kuiper overlies the northern rim of the larger crater Murasaki.
See also
References
- ^ "Kuiper". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ De Hon, R.A.; D.H. Scott; J.R. Underwood, Jr. (1981). "Geologic Map of the Kuiper (H-6) Quadrangle of Mercury".
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