De Graft (crater) (original) (raw)
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Crater on Mercury
De Graft
 MESSENGER mosaic of De Graft |
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| Feature type | Central-peak impact crater |
| Location | Hokusai quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 22°03′N 358°07′W / 22.05°N 358.11°W / 22.05; -358.11 |
| Diameter | 68 km |
| Eponym | Joe de Graft |
De Graft is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2009, after Ghanaian playwright, poet, and novelist Joe de Graft.[1]
Much of the floor of de Graft is covered in hollows.
De Graft is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.[2]
Approximate color image. The bright bands in upper right and lower left are rays from Hokusai crater far to the north.
- ^ "De Graft". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ 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.