 MESSENGER WAC | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 13°46′N 85°55′W / 13.76°N 85.92°W |
| Quadrangle | Beethoven |
| Diameter | 213.0 km (132.4 mi) |
| Eponym | Antonio Vivaldi |
Vivaldi is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU after Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1976.[1] It has a prominent and nearly continuous inner ring whose diameter measures about half that of the outer ring. It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2] Unlike some of the lunar multiringed structures, no vestiges of additional rings are apparent around this crater. It is classified as c3 age.[3]
Mariner 10 image from 1974
Vivaldi is the large, shadow-filled, double ringed crater to the upper right. From MESSENGER's first flyby in January 2008.
Interior of Vivaldi showing possible hollows on the peak ring.
Exaggerated color image
References
- ↑ "Vivaldi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ King, John S.; David H. Scott (1990). "Geologic Map Of The Beethoven (H-7) Quadrangle Of Mercury" (PDF).
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