Utaridi_Planitia

Utaridi Planitia

Utaridi Planitia

Geologic basin on Mercury

Utaridi Planitia is a large plain in the southern hemisphere of Mercury. Most of it is in the Debussy quadrangle, but it extends to the east into Neruda quadrangle and to the south into Bach quadrangle. The plain was named by the IAU in 2017.[1]

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MESSENGER image of part of Utaridi Planitia, with many unnamed craters

The large crater Alver lies in southern Utaridi Planitia. The Rembrandt basin lies to the north of it.

References

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    "Utaridi Planitia". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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