Matisse (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Matisse

MESSENGER photo of Matisse (right), from its first flyby in January 2008

Feature type| Impact crater
Location| Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates| 23°48′S 90°11′W﻿ / ﻿23.80°S 90.19°W﻿ / -23.80; -90.19
Diameter| 189 km (117 mi)
Eponym| Henri Matisse

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]

Two faculae (high-albedo areas) within and near Matisse were named by the IAU in May 2023. One is called Ngu Facula, located within an unnamed crater in northern Matisse.[3] The other is called Ahas Facula, located in an unnamed crater northeast of Matisse.[4]

Within Matisse is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows.[5] The dark spot is located on the southwest rim of the unnamed crater containing Ngu Facula.

The smaller crater Lessing is to the south of Matisse.

* Northern Matisse crater, with Ngu Facula and Ahas Facula.

* Detail of dark spot in Matisse crater. Hollows are present in the dark spot and in Ngu Facula in the unnamed crater in upper right.

## References

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1. ^ "MESSENGER DANCES BY MATISSE". Retrieved 2008-11-08.
2. ^ "Matisse". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
3. ^ "Ngu Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
4. ^ "Ahas Facula". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
5. ^ 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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* An Essay on Matisse (1996 documentary)
* Matisse (crater)

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