Barney (crater)

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MESSENGER WAC mosaic of Barney
Feature typeCentral-peak impact crater
LocationDerain quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates11°41′S 300°17′W / 11.69°S 300.29°W / -11.69; -300.29
Diameter29 km (18 mi)
EponymNatalie Clifford Barney
Barney crater in lower right, showing bright areas

Barney is a small crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013. Barney is named for the American-French playwright, poet, and novelist Natalie Clifford Barney.[1]

Barney lies on the east side of the ancient Lennon-Picasso Basin. About 137 km to the northeast of Barney is the highest point on Mercury (over 4 km above the global average), the highest part of scarps that are remnants of the rim of the Lennon-Picasso Basin.

References

  1. ^ "Barney". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 3 February 2020.


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