Waters (crater)

Waters
	MESSENGER NAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	8°58′S 105°27′W / 8.96°S 105.45°W
Quadrangle	Beethoven
Diameter	15 km (9.3 mi)
Eponym	Muddy Waters

Waters is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2012, after the American musician McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters.^[1]

The crater has a bright ray system, as well as an unusual dark flow-feature associated with the southern rim. The flow-feature is interpreted as impact melt.^[2]

Waters crater with the flow-feature
Enhanced-color image also from MESSENGER

References

↑ "Waters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
↑ Say Ahh!, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington, published 15 February 2012.

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[1] "Waters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[2] Say Ahh!, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington, published 15 February 2012.

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