Kuniyoshi (crater)

Kuniyoshi
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates57°52′S 37°29′W / 57.87°S 37.49°W / -57.87; -37.49
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter27 km (17 mi)
EponymUtagawa Kuniyoshi
Image of nearby features

Kuniyoshi is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2014. It is named for the Japanese painter and printmaker Utagawa Kuniyoshi.[1]

Kuniyoshi is a fresh crater of Kuiperian age.[2]

To the east of Kuniyoshi are Hesiod crater and Pampu Facula, a bright region that is likely to be a site of explosive volcanism.[2] There is a small irregular depression on the north rim of Kuniyoshi which may also be volcanic in origin.[3]

Kuniyoshi is near the Discovery Rupes.

References

  1. ^ "Kuniyoshi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, R. J., D. A. Rothery, S. J. Conway, and M. Anand (2014), Long-lived explosive volcanism on Mercury, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6084–6092, doi:10.1002/2014GL061224.
  3. ^ David Pegg, David Rothery, M.R. Balme, Susan Conway, 2021. Explosive vent sites on Mercury: Commonplace multiple eruptions and their implications. Icarus 365:114510. doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114510


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