Erté_(crater)

Erté (crater)

Erté (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Erté is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013. It is named for the artist and designer known as Erté.[1]

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Erté is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Erté". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. [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.


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