Wren (crater)
Crater on Mercury
24°50′N 35°57′W / 24.84°N 35.95°W / 24.84; -35.95Wren is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 204 kilometres (127 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Wren is named for English architect Christopher Wren.[1]
Wren is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2]
- Mariner 10 image showing Wren above right of center
- MESSENGER mosaic showing Wren at right, from the second flyby in October 2008
References
- ^ "Wren". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 22 February 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.
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