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Skinakas Basin
The Skinakas basin is the informal name given to a structure on mercury (planet), Mercury that appeared to be an extremely large impact basin. The limited-resolution images available showed a double-ringed structure, with the inner ring having a diameter of around 1600 km, which would have made it one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System. It appeared to be even larger than the Caloris Planitia, Caloris basin on Mercury, which has been known since the ''Mariner 10'' flybys of that planet. The part of the outer ring that was imaged appeared to correspond to a diameter of around 2300 km. The basin was supposedly centered at about and lay on the hemisphere of Mercury that was not imaged by ''Mariner 10''. This place is situated near an List of albedo features on Mercury, albedo feature Solitudo Aphrodites (). In 2001, it was observed and imaged by ALPO (Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) members. But it was followed by L. Ksanfomality from lucky imagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinakas Observatory
Skinakas Observatory ( el, Αστεροσκοπείο Σκίνακα) is an astronomical observatory located on the eponymous peak of Psiloritis, on the island of Crete, Greece. It has a 1.3 m modified Ritchey–Chrétien telescope and a 0.3 m Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, which are operated by the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas. History The idea to create a site of astronomical research at Skinakas was conceived in the summer of 1984. Soon after the construction of a road to the mountain peak commenced. The University of Crete, the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH, former Research Center of Crete) and the Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (Germany) agreed to build and operate together a telescope with the purpose of providing modern education in Astronomy to University students and also of supporting astronomical observations with emphasis on the research of extended sky objects such as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |