Rembrandt (Merkurkrater)
| Einschlagkrater auf dem Merkur | ||
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| Rembrandt (Merkurkrater) | ||
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| Merkurkrater Rembrandt | ||
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| Position | 33° S, 88° O | |
| Durchmesser | 715 km | |
| Geschichte | ||
| Eponym | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
Rembrandt ist ein Einschlagkrater auf dem Planeten Merkur mit einem Durchmesser von 715 Kilometern. Er ist das zweitgrößte Einschlagbecken nach Caloris Planitia auf Merkur und gehört zu den größeren Kratern im Sonnensystem. Am 6. Oktober 2008 wurde der Krater von der Raumsonde MESSENGER bei seinem zweiten Vorbeiflug entdeckt. Der Krater weist ein Alter von 3,9 Milliarden Jahren auf und wurde während der späten schweren Bombardierung geschaffen.[1]
Der Krater ist nach dem niederländischen Maler Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) benannt.[2]
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Press Release: MESSENGER Reveals Mercury as a Dynamic Planet. In: Website der NASA, 30. April 2009. Abgerufen am 27. November 2017.
- ↑ Rembrandt (Merkurkrater) im Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature der IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
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At the very end of 2012, MESSENGER obtained the final image needed to view 100% of Mercury's surface under daylight conditions. The mosaics shown here cover all of Mercury's surface and were produced by using the monochrome mosaic released by NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) on March 8, 2013, as the base. The full resolution mosaics are available for download on MESSENGER's Global Mosaics webpage.
To fill the area near the north pole, the PDS product was trimmed northward of 83°N and an average mosaic that extended from 82.5°N to 90°N was used, averaging the 0.5° latitude overlap between the PDS mosaic and the average north polar mosaic. To fill the area near the south pole, the PDS product was trimmed southward of 85.5°S and an average mosaic that extended from 85°S to 90°S was used, again averaging the 0.5° latitude overlap. Any remaining gaps in the global mosaic were filled by using images obtained in support of the high-incidence imaging campaign.
This image is a brightness-corrected version of the original (Mercury - complete mono basemap 2500mpp equirectangular.png). Brightness levels were tuned from [0 - 255] to [30 - 180] for increase of contrast.
Date Acquired: mosaic of images, obtained during first (14 January 2008) and second (6 October 2008) Messenger's flybys (Watters T.R. et al. (2009). "Evolution of the Rembrandt Impact Basin on Mercury". Science 324 (5927): 618–621. DOI:10.1126/science.1172109. PMID 19407197.)
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Scale: Image width about 1000 km, Rembrandt basin has a diameter of 715 kilometers (444 miles)
Of Interest: This NAC mosaic of the newly discovered Rembrandt impact basin was presented last week during a NASA media teleconference. The number per area and size distribution of impact craters superposed on Rembrandt's rim indicates that it is one of the youngest impact basins on Mercury. To read more about Rembrandt and view other images presented during the event, visit the media teleconference webpage.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Smithsonian Institution/Carnegie Institution of Washington