Beethoven (Mercury Crater)
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| Beethoven (Mercury Crater) | ||
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| Mercury crater Beethoven | ||
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| position | 20 ° S , 124 ° W | |
| diameter | 625 km | |
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| Eponym | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
Beethoven is an impact crater on the planet Mercury . It has a diameter of 625 km and is named after Ludwig van Beethoven . Beethoven is the eleventh largest known impact crater in the solar system .
Unlike many other basins of similar size on the moon , Beethoven does not have multiple rings. Remaining pyroclastic ceilings around parts of the Beethoven are insulated in their appearance and the edges are only insufficiently defined. The crater wall of Beethoven is hidden under the Pyroklastikadecke and the layer materials. Spudis and Prosser hypothesized that Beethoven may have the age of a late c3 or an early c2.
Within the northeastern part of the basin is the 139 km wide Bello crater.
See also
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- ^ Trask, NJ, 1976, History of basin development on Mercury: Conference on Comparisons of Mercury and The Moon: Lunar Science Institute Contribution no. 262, p.36.
- ↑ Spudis, PD, and Prosser, JG, 1984, Geologic map of the Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury: US Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1659, scale 1: 5,000,000.
