Qi Baishi (crater)
Qi Baishi is a crater on Mercury. The crater was named after famed Chinese painter Qi Baishi. The crater has an asymmetric pattern of ejecta rays, which formed by an object traveling to the east or to the west and impacting Mercury's surface at a very low incidence angle. However, Qi Baishi crater is still roughly circular, which is in contrast to the elongated shape of neighboring Hovnatanian crater.[1]
 MESSENGER image showing the rays of Qi Baishi | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 4.2°S 196.0°W |
| Diameter | 16 km |
| Eponym | Qi Baishi |
Oblique view at low sun angle showing detail of the crater's interior
References
- MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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