Ictinus_(crater)

Ictinus (crater)

Ictinus (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Ictinus is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its depth from crater floor to rim is 4.8 km.[2] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Ictinus is named for the Ancient Greek architect Ictinus, who lived in the 5th century BCE.[3]

Quick Facts Planet, Coordinates ...

The northern rim of Ictinus is in permanent shadow.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. [2]
    Vilas, (Editor), Chapman (Editor), Matthews (Editor), Faith, Clark R, Mildred, Shapley (1989). Mercury. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816510856. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. [3]
    "Ictinus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. [4]
    ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


Stub icon

This article about the planet Mercury is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ictinus_(crater), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.