Within southern Wen Tianxiang crater is Yinshe Facula, a bright area associated with a small crater. Yinshe is the Chinese word for silver snake.[3]
Referencesedit
^"Wen Tianxiang". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.
^"Yinshe Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
April 09, 2024
tianxiang, crater, tianxiang, crater, mercury, name, adopted, international, astronomical, union, june, 2020, named, chinese, writer, poet, tianxiang, tianxiangmessenger, mosaicplanetmercurycoordinates45, 6quadranglenerudadiameter166, eponymwen, tianxiangexagg. Wen Tianxiang is a crater on Mercury Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union IAU in June 2020 and it is named for Chinese writer and poet Wen Tianxiang 1 Wen TianxiangMESSENGER NAC mosaicPlanetMercuryCoordinates45 20 S 191 36 W 45 34 S 191 6 W 45 34 191 6QuadrangleNerudaDiameter166 42 km 103 41 mi EponymWen TianxiangExaggerated color MESSENGER image centered on Wen TianxiangWen Tianxiang is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury 2 Within southern Wen Tianxiang crater is Yinshe Facula a bright area associated with a small crater Yinshe is the Chinese word for silver snake 3 References edit Wen Tianxiang Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature IAU NASA USGS Retrieved 20 March 2022 Chapman C R Baker D M H Barnouin O S Fassett C I Marchie S Merline W J Ostrach L R Prockter L M and Strom R G 2018 Impact Cratering of Mercury In Mercury The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C Solomon Larry R Nittler and Brian J Anderson Cambridge Planetary Science Chapter 9 Yinshe Facula Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature IAU NASA USGS Retrieved 28 February 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wen Tianxiang crater amp oldid 1199105039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
