Futabatei
MESSENGER mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates16°12′S 83°00′W / 16.2°S 83.0°W / -16.2; -83.0
QuadrangleBeethoven
Diameter57 km
EponymFutabatei Shimei
Futabatei crater at a low sun angle

Futabatei is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 57 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Futabatei is named for the Japanese novelist Futabatei Shimei, who lived from 1864 to 1909.[2]

Futabatei is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.[3]

Futabatei is east of the larger Sullivan crater, and northwest of the large basin Raphael.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Futabatei". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ^ 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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