Manley (crater) explained

Manley
Globe:	Mercury
Coordinates:	-10.53°N -256.61°W
Eponym:	Edna Manley

Manley is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2023, for the Jamaican sculptor, painter, and printmaker Edna Manley, who lived from 1900 to 1987.^[1] A name for this crater was allocated at the request of the BepiColombo MCAM team, who realized that it would be prominent in images from BepiColombo's 3rd fly-by of Mercury, but had not yet been named.^[2]

Manley is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[3]

Manley is located just west of Catuilla Planum and to the south of the craters Sveinsdóttir and Izquierdo.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manley . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 22 August 2023.
2. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/A_trio_of_images_highlight_BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby A trio of images highlight BepiColombo’s third Mercury flyby
3. Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.