Thākur (crater)

Thākur
	MESSENGER NAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	3°03′S 64°34′W / 3.05°S 64.57°W
Quadrangle	Kuiper
Diameter	111 km (69 mi)
Eponym	Rabindranath Tagore

Thākur is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 111 kilometres (69 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Thākur is named for the Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore.^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.^[2]

Scarps in the central and southern part of the crater enclose an area that is at a lower elevation than the rest of the crater. The scarps extend to the south out of the crater.

To the north of Thākur is the fresh crater Motonobu, and to the northwest is Polygnotus.

Oblique view of southern Thākur crater

References

^ "Thākur". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

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[1] "Thākur". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[Davies_1978-2] Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

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