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Crater on Mercury From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ma Chih-Yuan is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Ma Chih-Yuan is named for the Chinese playwright Ma Zhiyuan, who lived in the 13th century CE.[2]
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Discovery quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 60.01°S 78.01°W |
Diameter | 197.0 km (122.4 mi) |
Eponym | Ma Zhiyuan |
Ma Chih-Yuan is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[3] It is ancient and highly eroded, unlike Raditladi, for example.
To the east of Ma Chih-Yuan is Rabelais crater. To the northeast is Coleridge crater, and to the southwest is Sei crater.
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