Sihtu Planitia

Sihtu Planitia
	MESSENGER approximate color WAC image
Feature type	Planitia
Coordinates	2.82°S 55.57°W
Eponym	Babylonian word for the planet Mercury

Sihtu Planitia is a large plain on Mercury, approximately 565 km across. It was named in 2017 by the IAU.[1] The crater Calvino lies at the center of the Planitia, and Rūdaki is on the east side.

Mariner 10 image of Sihtu Planitia and vicinity

References

Sihtu Planitia, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Sihtu Planitia, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)