Remarque (crater) explained

Remarque
Globe:Mercury
Coordinates:84.94°N -6.46°W
Eponym:Erich Maria Remarque

Remarque is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on December 16, 2013. Remarque is named for the German author Erich Maria Remarque.[1]

Remarque has a region of permanent shadow on much of its floor, which has a bright radar signature. This is interpreted to represent a deposit of water ice.[2] [3]

Remarque is on the Borealis Planitia and is located northeast of the ghost crater Aristoxenus.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remarque. . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 16 June 2020.
  2. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19411 PIA19411: Water Ice on Mercury
  3. John K. Harmon, Martin A. Slade, Melissa S. Rice, 2011. Radar imagery of Mercury’s putative polar ice: 1999–2005 Arecibo results. Icarus, 211, p37-50. doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.007

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