Manley (crater)

Manley
MESSENGER WAC
PlanetMercury
Coordinates10°32′S 256°37′W / 10.53°S 256.61°W / -10.53; -256.61
QuadrangleEminescu
Diameter218 km (135 mi)
EponymEdna Manley

Manley is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2023, for the Jamaican sculptor, painter, and printmaker Edna Manley, who lived from 1900 to 1987.[1] A name for this crater was allocated at the request of the BepiColombo MCAM team, who realized that it would be prominent in images from BepiColombo's 3rd fly-by of Mercury, but had not yet been named.[2]

Manley is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[3]

Manley is located just west of Catuilla Planum and to the south of the craters Sveinsdóttir and Izquierdo.

  • Oblique view of circular bright crater within Manley
    Oblique view of circular bright crater within Manley
  • Bright crater within northern Manley crater. The crater has a ray system and the bright areas within it may be hollows.
    Bright crater within northern Manley crater. The crater has a ray system and the bright areas within it may be hollows.
  • The southeastern peak ring has a lower albedo than the rest of the crater, and there are possible hollows on the peaks.
    The southeastern peak ring has a lower albedo than the rest of the crater, and there are possible hollows on the peaks.

References

  1. ^ "Manley". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ A trio of images highlight BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby, 20 June 2023, ESA/Science & Exploration/Space Science/BepiColombo
  3. ^ 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.
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