De Graft
MESSENGER mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates22°03′N 358°07′W / 22.05°N 358.11°W / 22.05; -358.11
QuadrangleHokusai
Diameter68 km
EponymJoe 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.

References

  1. ^ "De Graft". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ 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.


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