Rilke (crater)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Rilke is a crater on
Mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...
. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Rilke is named for the German poet
Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...
. There is an irregular depression near the center of the crater. Such depressions in similar craters (for example Glinka,
Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...
, or
Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...
) are thought to be caused by volcanism. To the north of Rilke are Matabei and
Pigalle Pigalle may refer to: Places ;Paris, France *Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements *Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre ...
craters. To the southwest are Po Ya and Sōtatsu. Matabei crater MESSENGER WAC IGF to RGB.jpg, Exaggerated color view with Rilke at bottom center. Note the bright yellow color around the depression. Rilke crater EN0242886003M.jpg, Oblique view of Rilke clearly showing the irregular depression near center Rilke crater EN1015882375M.jpg, Distant oblique view


References

Impact craters on Mercury {{Mercury-planet-stub