Derain quadrangle
1934 map showing the Pieria albedo feature
The Derain quadrangle (H-10) is one of fifteen quadrangles on Mercury. It runs from 288 to 360° longitude and from -25 to 25° latitude. Named after the Derain crater, it was mapped in detail for the first time after MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury in 2011. It had not been mapped prior to that point because it was one of the six quadrangles that was not illuminated when Mariner 10 made its flybys in 1974 and 1975. These six quadrangles continued to be known by their albedo feature names, with this one known as the Pieria quadrangle.[1][2]
The massive Skinakas Basin overlaps the border of this quadrangle and neighboring Eminescu quadrangle.
| Quadrangles on Mercury | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1 Borealis (features) | |||||||
| H-5 Hokusai (features) |
H-4 Raditladi (features) |
H-3 Shakespeare (features) |
H-2 Victoria (features) | ||||
| H-10 Derain (features) |
H-9 Eminescu (features) |
H-8 Tolstoj (features) |
H-7 Beethoven (features) |
H-6 Kuiper (features) | |||
| H-14 Debussy (features) |
H-13 Neruda (features) |
H-12 Michelangelo (features) |
H-11 Discovery (features) | ||||
| H-15 Bach (features) | |||||||
References
- ↑ "1:5 Million-Scale Maps of Mercury". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS/IAU/NASA). Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ↑ "SP-423 Atlas of Mercury". NASA. p. 21. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
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