Rembrandt (Mercury Crater)
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| Rembrandt (Mercury Crater) | ||
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| Mercury crater Rembrandt | ||
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| position | 33 ° S , 88 ° E | |
| diameter | 715 km | |
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| Eponym | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
Rembrandt is an impact crater on the planet Mercury with a diameter of 715 kilometers. It is the second largest impact basin after Caloris Planitia on Mercury and one of the larger craters in the solar system . On October 6, 2008, the crater was discovered by the MESSENGER space probe during its second flyby. The crater is 3.9 billion years old and was created during the late heavy bombardment.
The crater is named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press Release: MESSENGER Reveals Mercury as a Dynamic Planet . In: NASA website , April 30, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ↑ Rembrandt (Merkurkrater) in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS