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-189.8</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1,550 km (963 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eponym</th><td class="infobox-data">Latin for "heat"</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Caloris Planitia</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span></span>(<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>)<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Planitia" class="mw-redirect" title="Planitia">plain</a> within a large <a href="/wiki/Impact_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact basin">impact basin</a> on <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a>, informally named <b>Caloris</b>, about 1,550 km (960 mi) in <a href="/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">diameter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newscientist30012008_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newscientist30012008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_craters_in_the_Solar_System" title="List of largest craters in the Solar System">largest impact basins in the Solar System</a>. "Calor" is <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Heat" title="Heat">heat</a>" and the basin is so-named because the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> is almost directly overhead every second time Mercury passes <a href="/wiki/Perihelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Perihelion">perihelion</a>. The crater, discovered in 1974, is surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Caloris_Montes" title="Caloris Montes">Caloris Montes</a>, a ring of <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountains</a> approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) tall. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearance">Appearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Appearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg/200px-MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg/300px-MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg/400px-MESSENGER_first_photo_of_unseen_side_of_mercury_cropped_to_Caloris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/MESSENGER" title="MESSENGER">MESSENGER</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s first image of the unseen side of Mercury from a distance of about 27,000 kilometres (17,000 mi) cropped to highlight Caloris. The rim is hard to discern as the Sun is directly overhead, preventing shadows.</figcaption></figure> <p>Caloris was discovered on images taken by the <i><a href="/wiki/Mariner_10" title="Mariner 10">Mariner 10</a></i> probe in 1974. Its name was suggested by <a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Leary" title="Brian O'Leary">Brian O'Leary</a>, astronaut and member of the <i>Mariner 10</i> imagery team.<sup id="cite_ref-Morrison_1976_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morrison_1976-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was situated on the <a href="/wiki/Terminator_(solar)" title="Terminator (solar)">terminator</a>—the line dividing the daytime and nighttime hemispheres—at the time the probe passed by, and so half of the crater could not be imaged. Later, on January 15, 2008, one of the first photos of the planet taken by the <i><a href="/wiki/MESSENGER" title="MESSENGER">MESSENGER</a></i> probe revealed the crater in its entirety. </p><p>The basin was initially estimated to be about 810 mi (1,300 km) in diameter, though this was increased to 960 mi (1,540 km) based on subsequent images taken by <i>MESSENGER</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-newscientist30012008_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newscientist30012008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is ringed by mountains up to 2 km (1.2 mi) high. Inside the crater walls, the floor of the crater is filled by lava plains,<sup id="cite_ref-becca_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-becca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> similar to the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_mare" title="Lunar mare">maria</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>. These plains are superposed by explosive vents associated with pyroclastic material.<sup id="cite_ref-becca_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-becca-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside the walls, material ejected in the impact which created the basin extends for 1,000 km (620 mi), and concentric rings surround the crater. </p><p>In the center of the basin is a region containing numerous radial troughs that appear to be <a href="/wiki/Extensional_fault" title="Extensional fault">extensional faults</a>, with an unrelated 40 km (25 mi) crater, <a href="/wiki/Apollodorus_(crater)" title="Apollodorus (crater)">Apollodorus</a>, located near the center of the pattern. The exact cause of this pattern of troughs is not currently known.<sup id="cite_ref-newscientist30012008_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newscientist30012008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feature is named <a href="/wiki/Pantheon_Fossae" title="Pantheon Fossae">Pantheon Fossae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg/200px-Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg/300px-Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg/400px-Caloris_Basin_comparison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption>Comparison of the original estimated size of the Caloris basin (yellow) with that based on images from the <i>MESSENGER</i> probe (blue).</figcaption></figure> <p>The impacting body is estimated to have been at least 100 km (62 miles) in diameter.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bodies in the inner Solar System experienced a heavy bombardment of large rocky bodies in the first billion years or so of the Solar System. The impact that created Caloris must have occurred after most of the heavy bombardment had finished, because fewer <a href="/wiki/Impact_crater" title="Impact crater">impact craters</a> are seen on its floor than exist on comparably-sized regions outside the crater. Similar impact basins on the Moon such as the <a href="/wiki/Mare_Imbrium" title="Mare Imbrium">Mare Imbrium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mare_Orientale" title="Mare Orientale">Mare Orientale</a> are believed to have formed at about the same time, possibly indicating that there was a 'spike' of large impacts towards the end of the heavy bombardment phase of the early Solar System.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on <i>MESSENGER</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s photographs, Caloris' age has been determined to be between 3.8 and 3.9 billion years.<sup id="cite_ref-newscientist30012008_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newscientist30012008-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A gravitational high, also known as a <a href="/wiki/Mass_concentration_(astronomy)" title="Mass concentration (astronomy)">mascon</a>, is centered on Caloris Planitia.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most large impact basins on the moon, such as <a href="/wiki/Mare_Imbrium" title="Mare Imbrium">Mare Imbrium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mare_Crisium" title="Mare Crisium">Mare Crisium</a>, are also the site of mascons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Antipodal_chaotic_terrain_and_global_effects">Antipodal chaotic terrain and global effects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Antipodal chaotic terrain and global effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg/220px-Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg/330px-Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg/440px-Mercury_weird_terrain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="783" data-file-height="693" /></a><figcaption>Hilly, lineated terrain at the antipode of Caloris.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg/220px-Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg/330px-Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg/440px-Mercury%27s_%27Weird_Terrain%27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Close up of the chaotic terrain.</figcaption></figure> <p>The giant impact believed to have formed Caloris may have had global consequences for the planet. At the exact <a href="/wiki/Antipodal_point" title="Antipodal point">antipode</a> of the basin is a large area of hilly, grooved terrain, with few small impact craters that are known as chaotic terrain (also "weird terrain").<sup id="cite_ref-lakdawalla2011-04-19_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakdawalla2011-04-19-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is thought by some to have been created as <a href="/wiki/Seismic_wave" title="Seismic wave">seismic waves</a> from the impact converged on the opposite side of the planet.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively, it has been suggested that this terrain formed as a result of the convergence of ejecta at this basin's antipode.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This hypothetical impact is also believed to have triggered <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic activity</a> on Mercury, resulting in the formation of smooth plains.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surrounding Caloris is a series of geologic formations thought to have been produced by the basin's ejecta, collectively called the <a href="/wiki/Caloris_Group" title="Caloris Group">Caloris Group</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emissions_of_gas">Emissions of gas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Emissions of gas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mercury has a very tenuous and transient atmosphere, containing small amounts of <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium">helium</a> captured from the <a href="/wiki/Solar_wind" title="Solar wind">solar wind</a>, as well as heavier elements such as <a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">sodium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Potassium" title="Potassium">potassium</a>. These are thought to originate within the planet, being "out-gassed" from beneath its crust. The Caloris basin has been found to be a significant source of sodium and potassium, indicating that the fractures created by the impact facilitate the release of gases from within the planet. The unusual terrain is also a source of these gases.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Topographic map of Caloris basin"><img alt="Topographic map of Caloris basin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg/120px-Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg/180px-Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg/240px-Caloris_Basin_topography_JMARS_Colorized_Shade_2km.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="721" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Topographic map of Caloris basin</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caloris_basin_labeled.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mosaic of eastern Caloris basin photographed by Mariner 10 in 1974–75."><img alt="Mosaic of eastern Caloris basin photographed by Mariner 10 in 1974–75." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Caloris_basin_labeled.png/96px-Caloris_basin_labeled.png" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Caloris_basin_labeled.png/144px-Caloris_basin_labeled.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Caloris_basin_labeled.png/191px-Caloris_basin_labeled.png 2x" data-file-width="1587" data-file-height="1989" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mosaic of eastern Caloris basin photographed by <i><a href="/wiki/Mariner_10" title="Mariner 10">Mariner 10</a></i> in 1974–75.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pantheon Fossae in the center of Caloris basin, with Apollodorus crater at center of the fossae."><img alt="Pantheon Fossae in the center of Caloris basin, with Apollodorus crater at center of the fossae." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg/120px-Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg/180px-Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg/240px-Spider_crater_on_planet_mercury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2025" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_Fossae" title="Pantheon Fossae">Pantheon Fossae</a> in the center of Caloris basin, with <a href="/wiki/Apollodorus_(crater)" title="Apollodorus (crater)">Apollodorus</a> crater at center of the fossae.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Enhanced color image of craters Munch, Sander, and Poe, amid plains of Caloris basin"><img alt="Enhanced color image of craters Munch, Sander, and Poe, amid plains of Caloris basin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg/120px-PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg/180px-PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg/240px-PIA19421-Mercury-Craters-MunchSanderPoe-20150416.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Enhanced color image of craters <a href="/wiki/Munch_(crater)" title="Munch (crater)">Munch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sander_(crater)" title="Sander (crater)">Sander</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Poe_(crater)" title="Poe (crater)">Poe</a>, amid plains of Caloris basin</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perspective view of Caloris – high (red); low (blue)."><img alt="Perspective view of Caloris – high (red); low (blue)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg/120px-PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg/180px-PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg/240px-PIA19450-PlanetMercury-CalorisBasin-20150501.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5057" data-file-height="3272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Perspective view of Caloris – high (red); low (blue).</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Mercury" title="Geology of Mercury">Geology of Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinakas_(hypothetical_basin)" title="Skinakas (hypothetical basin)">Skinakas</a> basin</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caloris_Planitia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_quadrangles_on_Mercury" title="List of quadrangles on Mercury">Quadrangles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_quadrangles_on_Mercury" title="List of quadrangles on Mercury">Quadrangles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bach_quadrangle" title="Bach quadrangle">Bach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beethoven_quadrangle" title="Beethoven quadrangle">Beethoven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borealis_quadrangle" title="Borealis quadrangle">Borealis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debussy_quadrangle" title="Debussy quadrangle">Debussy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derain_quadrangle" title="Derain quadrangle">Derain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_quadrangle" title="Discovery quadrangle">Discovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eminescu_quadrangle" title="Eminescu quadrangle">Eminescu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokusai_quadrangle" title="Hokusai quadrangle">Hokusai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuiper_quadrangle" title="Kuiper quadrangle">Kuiper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelangelo_quadrangle" title="Michelangelo quadrangle">Michelangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neruda_quadrangle" title="Neruda quadrangle">Neruda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_quadrangle" title="Shakespeare quadrangle">Shakespeare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raditladi_quadrangle" title="Raditladi quadrangle">Raditladi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolstoj_quadrangle" title="Tolstoj quadrangle">Tolstoj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_quadrangle" title="Victoria quadrangle">Victoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Mountains and<br />volcanoes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caloris_Montes" title="Caloris Montes">Caloris Montes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Plains and<br /> plateaus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ap%C4%81rangi_Planitia" title="Apārangi Planitia">Apārangi Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borealis_Planitia" title="Borealis Planitia">Borealis Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budh_Planitia" title="Budh Planitia">Budh Planitia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Caloris Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mearcair_Planitia" title="Mearcair Planitia">Mearcair Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odin_Planitia" title="Odin Planitia">Odin Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobkou_Planitia" title="Sobkou Planitia">Sobkou Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stilbon_Planitia" title="Stilbon Planitia">Stilbon Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisei_Planitia" title="Suisei Planitia">Suisei Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tir_Planitia" title="Tir Planitia">Tir Planitia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utaridi_Planitia" title="Utaridi Planitia">Utaridi Planitia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Canyons and<br /> valleys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arecibo_Catena" title="Arecibo Catena">Arecibo Catena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arecibo_Catena" title="Arecibo Catena">Arecibo Vallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldstone_Catena" title="Goldstone Catena">Goldstone Catena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldstone_Catena" title="Goldstone Catena">Goldstone Vallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haystack_Catena" title="Haystack Catena">Haystack Catena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haystack_Catena" title="Haystack Catena">Haystack Vallis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeiz_Vallis" title="Simeiz Vallis">Simeiz Vallis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Ridges and<br /> rupes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antoniadi_Dorsum" title="Antoniadi Dorsum">Antoniadi Dorsum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Rupes" title="Adventure Rupes">Adventure Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle_Rupes" title="Beagle Rupes">Beagle Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Rupes" title="Discovery Rupes">Discovery Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_Rupes" title="Enterprise Rupes">Enterprise Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_Rupes" title="Hero Rupes">Hero Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resolution_Rupes" title="Resolution Rupes">Resolution Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_Rupes" title="Santa María Rupes">Santa María Rupes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Rupes" title="Victoria Rupes">Victoria Rupes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Basins and<br /> fossae</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caloris_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Caloris Basin">Caloris Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_Fossae" title="Pantheon Fossae">Pantheon Fossae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raditladi_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Raditladi Basin">Raditladi Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rembrandt_(crater)" title="Rembrandt (crater)">Rembrandt Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinakas_(hypothetical_basin)" title="Skinakas (hypothetical basin)">Skinakas (hypothetical basin)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_craters_on_Mercury" title="List of craters on Mercury">Craters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abedin_(crater)" title="Abedin (crater)">Abedin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Nuwas_(crater)" title="Abu Nuwas (crater)">Abu Nuwas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africanus_Horton_(crater)" title="Africanus Horton (crater)">Africanus Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Baba_(crater)" title="Ahmad Baba (crater)">Ahmad Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ailey_(crater)" title="Ailey (crater)">Ailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aksakov_(crater)" title="Aksakov (crater)">Aksakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akutagawa_(crater)" title="Akutagawa (crater)">Akutagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Akhtal_(crater)" title="Al-Akhtal (crater)">Al-Akhtal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alencar_(crater)" title="Alencar (crater)">Alencar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hamadhani_(crater)" title="Al-Hamadhani (crater)">Al-Hamadhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-J%C4%81hiz_(crater)" title="Al-Jāhiz (crater)">Al-Jāhiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alver_(crater)" title="Alver (crater)">Alver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaral_(crater)" title="Amaral (crater)">Amaral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amru_Al-Qays_(crater)" title="Amru Al-Qays (crater)">Amru Al-Qays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andal_(crater)" title="Andal (crater)">Andal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aneirin_(crater)" title="Aneirin (crater)">Aneirin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelou_(crater)" title="Angelou (crater)">Angelou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anguissola_(crater)" title="Anguissola (crater)">Anguissola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anyte_(crater)" title="Anyte (crater)">Anyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollodorus_(crater)" title="Apollodorus (crater)">Apollodorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristoxenus_(crater)" title="Aristoxenus (crater)">Aristoxenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9Bvagho%E1%B9%A3a_(crater)" title="Aśvaghoṣa (crater)">Aśvaghoṣa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atget_(crater)" title="Atget (crater)">Atget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bach_(crater)" title="Bach (crater)">Bach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balagtas_(crater)" title="Balagtas (crater)">Balagtas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balanchine_(crater)" title="Balanchine (crater)">Balanchine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranauskas_(crater)" title="Baranauskas (crater)">Baranauskas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balzac_(crater)" title="Balzac (crater)">Balzac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C3%B3k_(crater)" title="Bartók (crater)">Bartók</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barma_(crater)" title="Barma (crater)">Barma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bash%C5%8D_(crater)" title="Bashō (crater)">Bashō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beckett_(crater)" title="Beckett (crater)">Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beethoven_(crater)" title="Beethoven (crater)">Beethoven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bek_(crater)" title="Bek (crater)">Bek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belinskij_(crater)" title="Belinskij (crater)">Belinskij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bello_(crater)" title="Bello (crater)">Bello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benoit_(crater)" title="Benoit (crater)">Benoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkel_(crater)" title="Berkel (crater)">Berkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernini_(crater)" title="Bernini (crater)">Bernini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bjornson_(crater)" title="Bjornson (crater)">Bjornson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boccaccio_(crater)" title="Boccaccio (crater)">Boccaccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boethius_(Mercurian_crater)" title="Boethius (Mercurian crater)">Boethius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botticelli_(crater)" title="Botticelli (crater)">Botticelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahms_(crater)" title="Brahms (crater)">Brahms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramante_(crater)" title="Bramante (crater)">Bramante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bront%C3%AB_(Mercurian_crater)" title="Brontë (Mercurian crater)">Brontë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruegel_(crater)" title="Bruegel (crater)">Bruegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunelleschi_(crater)" title="Brunelleschi (crater)">Brunelleschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burns_(crater)" title="Burns (crater)">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_(crater)" title="Byron (crater)">Byron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callicrates_(crater)" title="Callicrates (crater)">Callicrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cam%C3%B5es_(crater)" title="Camões (crater)">Camões</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carducci_(crater)" title="Carducci (crater)">Carducci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolan_(crater)" title="Carolan (crater)">Carolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvino_(crater)" title="Calvino (crater)">Calvino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervantes_(crater)" title="Cervantes (crater)">Cervantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9zanne_(crater)" title="Cézanne (crater)">Cézanne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaikovskij_(crater)" title="Chaikovskij (crater)">Chaikovskij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chao_Meng-Fu_(crater)" title="Chao Meng-Fu (crater)">Chao Meng-Fu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chekov_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chekov (crater)">Chekov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiang_K%CA%BBui_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiang Kʻui (crater)">Chiang Kʻui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Fng_Ch%CA%BC%C5%8Fl_(crater)" title="Chŏng Chʼŏl (crater)">Chŏng Chʼŏl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopin_(crater)" title="Chopin (crater)">Chopin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chu_Ta_(crater)" title="Chu Ta (crater)">Chu Ta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleridge_(crater)" title="Coleridge (crater)">Coleridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copland_(crater)" title="Copland (crater)">Copland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copley_(crater)" title="Copley (crater)">Copley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couperin_(crater)" title="Couperin (crater)">Couperin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunningham_(crater)" title="Cunningham (crater)">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dali_(crater)" title="Dali (crater)">Dali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dario_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dario (crater)">Dario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Graft_(crater)" title="De Graft (crater)">De Graft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debussy_(crater)" title="Debussy (crater)">Debussy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degas_(crater)" title="Degas (crater)">Degas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delacroix_(crater)" title="Delacroix (crater)">Delacroix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derain_(crater)" title="Derain (crater)">Derain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derzhavin_(crater)" title="Derzhavin (crater)">Derzhavin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desprez_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Desprez (crater)">Desprez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickens_(crater)" title="Dickens (crater)">Dickens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominici_(crater)" title="Dominici (crater)">Dominici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donne_(crater)" title="Donne (crater)">Donne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dostoevskij_(crater)" title="Dostoevskij (crater)">Dostoevskij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowland_(crater)" title="Dowland (crater)">Dowland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durer_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Durer (crater)">Durer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dvorak_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dvorak (crater)">Dvorak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastman_(crater)" title="Eastman (crater)">Eastman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eitoku_(crater)" title="Eitoku (crater)">Eitoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eminescu_(crater)" title="Eminescu (crater)">Eminescu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enheduanna_(crater)" title="Enheduanna (crater)">Enheduanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enwonwu_(crater)" title="Enwonwu (crater)">Enwonwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equiano_(crater)" title="Equiano (crater)">Equiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulkner_(crater)" title="Faulkner (crater)">Faulkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fet_(crater)" title="Fet (crater)">Fet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firdousi_(crater)" title="Firdousi (crater)">Firdousi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaubert_(crater)" title="Flaubert (crater)">Flaubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaiano_(crater)" title="Flaiano (crater)">Flaiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futabatei_(crater)" title="Futabatei (crater)">Futabatei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_(crater)" title="Gainsborough (crater)">Gainsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauguin_(crater)" title="Gauguin (crater)">Gauguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geddes_(crater)" title="Geddes (crater)">Geddes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghiberti_(crater)" title="Ghiberti (crater)">Ghiberti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibran_(crater)" title="Gibran (crater)">Gibran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giotto_(crater)" title="Giotto (crater)">Giotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glinka_(crater)" title="Glinka (crater)">Glinka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gluck_(crater)" title="Gluck (crater)">Gluck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goethe_Basin" title="Goethe Basin">Goethe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogol_(crater)" title="Gogol (crater)">Gogol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goya_(crater)" title="Goya (crater)">Goya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grieg_(crater)" title="Grieg (crater)">Grieg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_d%27Arezzo_(crater)" title="Guido d'Arezzo (crater)">Guido d'Arezzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hals_(crater)" title="Hals (crater)">Hals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Kan_(crater)" title="Han Kan (crater)">Han Kan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handel_(crater)" title="Handel (crater)">Handel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harunobu_(crater)" title="Harunobu (crater)">Harunobu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauptmann_(crater)" title="Hauptmann (crater)">Hauptmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorne_(crater)" title="Hawthorne (crater)">Hawthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haydn_(crater)" title="Haydn (crater)">Haydn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heine_(crater)" title="Heine (crater)">Heine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemingway_(crater)" title="Hemingway (crater)">Hemingway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesiod_(crater)" title="Hesiod (crater)">Hesiod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshige_(crater)" title="Hiroshige (crater)">Hiroshige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitomaro_(crater)" title="Hitomaro (crater)">Hitomaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hodgkins_(crater)" title="Hodgkins (crater)">Hodgkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokusai_(crater)" title="Hokusai (crater)">Hokusai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbein_(crater)" title="Holbein (crater)">Holbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holberg_(crater)" title="Holberg (crater)">Holberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holst_(crater)" title="Holst (crater)">Holst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_(crater)" title="Homer (crater)">Homer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_(crater)" title="Horace (crater)">Horace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hovnatanian_(crater)" title="Hovnatanian (crater)">Hovnatanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_(crater)" title="Hugo (crater)">Hugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hun_Kal_(crater)" title="Hun Kal (crater)">Hun Kal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurley_(crater)" title="Hurley (crater)">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibsen_(crater)" title="Ibsen (crater)">Ibsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ictinus_(crater)" title="Ictinus (crater)">Ictinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep_(crater)" title="Imhotep (crater)">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ives_(crater)" title="Ives (crater)">Ives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izquierdo_(crater)" title="Izquierdo (crater)">Izquierdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek_(crater)" title="Janáček (crater)">Janáček</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jokai_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jokai (crater)">Jokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judah_Ha-Levi_(crater)" title="Judah Ha-Levi (crater)">Judah Ha-Levi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalidasa_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalidasa (crater)">Kalidasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karsh_(crater)" title="Karsh (crater)">Karsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keats_(crater)" title="Keats (crater)">Keats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenko_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenko (crater)">Kenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kert%C3%A9sz_(crater)" title="Kertész (crater)">Kertész</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khansa_(crater)" title="Khansa (crater)">Khansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kipling_(crater)" title="Kipling (crater)">Kipling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D_(crater)" title="Kōshō (crater)">Kōshō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuan_Han-Ch%CA%BBing_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuan Han-Chʻing (crater)">Kuan Han-Chʻing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuiper_(crater_on_Mercury)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuiper (crater on Mercury)">Kuiper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulthum_(crater)" title="Kulthum (crater)">Kulthum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunisada_(crater)" title="Kunisada (crater)">Kunisada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurosawa_(crater)" title="Kurosawa (crater)">Kurosawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lange_(crater)" title="Lange (crater)">Lange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larrocha_(crater)" title="Larrocha (crater)">Larrocha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopardi_(crater)" title="Leopardi (crater)">Leopardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lermontov_(crater)" title="Lermontov (crater)">Lermontov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lessing_(crater)" title="Lessing (crater)">Lessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Ch%CA%BBing-Chao_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Li Chʻing-Chao (crater)">Li Chʻing-Chao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li_Po_(crater)" title="Li Po (crater)">Li Po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_K%CA%BBai_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liang Kʻai (crater)">Liang Kʻai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liszt_(crater)" title="Liszt (crater)">Liszt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_(crater)" title="Lovecraft (crater)">Lovecraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu_Hsun_(crater)" title="Lu Hsun (crater)">Lu Hsun</a></li> <li><a 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title="Melville (crater)">Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mena_(Mercurian_crater)" title="Mena (Mercurian crater)">Mena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendes_Pinto_(crater)" title="Mendes Pinto (crater)">Mendes Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelangelo_(crater)" title="Michelangelo (crater)">Michelangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickiewicz_(crater)" title="Mickiewicz (crater)">Mickiewicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_(crater)" title="Milton (crater)">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistral_(crater)" title="Mistral (crater)">Mistral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mofolo_(crater)" title="Mofolo (crater)">Mofolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moli%C3%A8re_(crater)" title="Molière (crater)">Molière</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monet_(crater)" title="Monet (crater)">Monet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monteverdi_(crater)" title="Monteverdi (crater)">Monteverdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_(crater)" title="Moody (crater)">Moody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozart_(crater)" title="Mozart (crater)">Mozart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munch_(crater)" title="Munch (crater)">Munch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munk%C3%A1csy_(crater)" title="Munkácsy (crater)">Munkácsy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murasaki_(crater)" title="Murasaki (crater)">Murasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mussorgskij_(crater)" title="Mussorgskij (crater)">Mussorgskij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myron_(crater)" title="Myron (crater)">Myron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabokov_(crater)" title="Nabokov (crater)">Nabokov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nampeyo_(crater)" title="Nampeyo (crater)">Nampeyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navoi_(crater)" title="Navoi (crater)">Navoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawahi_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawahi (crater)">Nawahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neruda_(crater)" title="Neruda (crater)">Neruda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nureyev_(crater)" title="Nureyev (crater)">Nureyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nervo_(crater)" title="Nervo (crater)">Nervo</a></li> 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title="To Ngoc Van (crater)">To Ngoc Van</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolstoj_(crater)" title="Tolstoj (crater)">Tolstoj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vel%C3%A1zquez_(crater)" title="Velázquez (crater)">Velázquez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verdi_(crater)" title="Verdi (crater)">Verdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa-Lobos_(crater)" title="Villa-Lobos (crater)">Villa-Lobos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaldi_(crater)" title="Vivaldi (crater)">Vivaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasa_(crater)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyasa (crater)">Vyasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Zhao_(crater)" title="Xiao Zhao (crater)">Xiao Zhao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeats_(crater)" title="Yeats (crater)">Yeats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zola_(crater)" title="Zola (crater)">Zola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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