Matisse (crater)

Matisse is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Mercury.[1] Matisse takes its name from the French artist Henri Matisse, and it was named by the IAU in 1976.[2]

Matisse
MESSENGER photo of Matisse (right), from its first flyby in January 2008
PlanetMercury
Coordinates23.80°S 90.19°W / -23.80; -90.19
QuadrangleMichelangelo
Diameter189 km (117 mi)
EponymHenri Matisse

Within Matisse is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows.[3] The dark spot is located on the southwest rim of an unnamed crater on the north rim of Matisse.

The smaller crater Lessing is to the south of Matisse.

  • Northern Matisse crater
    Northern Matisse crater
  • Detail of dark spot in Matisse crater. Hollows are present in the dark spot and in the unnamed crater in upper right.
    Detail of dark spot in Matisse crater. Hollows are present in the dark spot and in the unnamed crater in upper right.

References
  1. "MESSENGER DANCES BY MATISSE". Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  2. "Matisse". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115


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