Pahinui (crater) explained

Pahinui
Globe:	Mercury
Coordinates:	-28.16°N -213.21°W
Eponym:	Gabby Pahinui

Pahinui is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2016, after the Hawaiian musician, Charles Phillip Kahahawai "Gabby" Pahinui.^[1]

There is a rimless, irregular depression in the center of Pahinui, making it a pit-floor crater. Such a feature may have resulted from the collapse of a magma chamber underlying the central part of the crater.^[2]

To the west of Pahinui is Coatl Facula, a bright area within an unnamed crater.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pahinui . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 18 January 2020.
2. Gillis-Davis. Jeffrey J.. Blewett. David T.. Gaskell. Robert W.. Denevi. Brett W.. Robinson. Mark S.. Strom. Robert G.. Solomon. Sean C.. Sprague. Ann L.. Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity. 2009. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285. 3-4. 243–250. 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023. 2009E&PSL.285..243G.
3. Web site: Coatl Facula . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 30 August 2023.