Steichen is a crater on
Mercury
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* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
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. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2010. The crater was named after American photographer and painter,
Edward Steichen.
Steichen is one of 110
peak ring basins on Mercury.
[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
''MESSENGER'' was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoche ...
'' edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9. Some of the mountains of the peak ring appear to have
hollows on them.
File:Steichen crater EN0219093030M EN0219093034M.jpg, Steichen crater
File:Steichen crater hollows EN0237085101M.jpg, Hollows on mountain within Steichen crater
References
Impact craters on Mercury
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