Kofi (crater)

Kofi is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 136 kilometres (85 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on April 24, 2012. Kofi is named for the Ghanaian sculptor Vincent Kofi.[1]

Kofi
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates56.75°N 117.87°E / 56.75; 117.87
QuadrangleRaditladi
Diameter136 km (85 mi)
EponymVincent Kofi
Part of Kofi crater in exaggerated color. Some small dark spots are visible in upper right.

Kofi is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2] Most of the peak ring has been covered by lava.

A number of dark spots are present to the east and northeast of Kofi crater. The dark spots are associated with hollows.[3]

References

  1. "Kofi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115


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