Fuller (crater) explained

Fuller
Location:Borealis quadrangle, Mercury
Type:Central-peak impact crater
Coordinates:82.63°N -42.65°W
Diameter:26.97 km
Eponym:Richard Buckminster Fuller

Fuller is a crater on Mercury, located near the north pole. It was named by the IAU in 2013, after American engineer and architect Richard Buckminster Fuller.[1]

S band radar data from the Arecibo Observatory collected between 1999 and 2005 indicates a radar-bright area along the southern interior of Fuller, which is probably indicative of a water ice deposit, and lies within the permanently shadowed part of the crater.[2]

Laxness crater is northwest of Fuller. Both lie in the northern part of the Goethe Basin.

Notes and References

  1. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15148 Fuller
  2. Chabot, N. L., D. J. Lawrence, G. A. Neumann, W. C. Feldman, and D. A. Paige, 2018. Mercury's Polar Deposits. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 13, Figure 13.2.

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