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Crater on Mercury From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellington is a crater on Mercury named after Duke Ellington, an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. It was named by the IAU in 2012.[1]
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Derain quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 12.88°S 333.9°W |
Diameter | 216 km |
Eponym | Duke Ellington |
Ellington is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2]
Within Ellington is the smaller crater Berkel. The somewhat smaller crater Derain is to the northwest. Both Derain and Ellington lie within a much older, 730-km-diameter, unnamed crater (referred to as b36).[3] The crater Nasir is to the south of Ellington.
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