Bartók (crater)

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MESSENGER NAC image
Feature typeCentral-peak impact crater
LocationMichelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates29°13′S 135°04′W / 29.22°S 135.06°W / -29.22; -135.06
Diameter118 km (73 mi)
EponymBéla Bartók

Bartók is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Bartók is named for the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, who lived from 1881 to 1945.[1]

Bartók is the largest crater of the Kuiperian system on Mercury, at 118 km diameter. It is followed by Amaral crater.[2]

Within the central peak complex of Bartók is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM).[3] Dark spots are associated with hollows.

To the northeast of Bartók is the large basin Beethoven. The crater Vālmiki is to the northwest of Bartók, and Gogol is to the west.

Views

  • Approximate color image of Bartók at a high sun angle showing that the central peak is much darker than the floor and ejecta of the crater, with some areas that are much brighter
    Approximate color image of Bartók at a high sun angle showing that the central peak is much darker than the floor and ejecta of the crater, with some areas that are much brighter
  • Another color image
    Another color image
  • Closer oblique view also at a high sun angle
    Closer oblique view also at a high sun angle

References

  1. ^ "Bartok". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.
  3. ^ 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


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