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Bashō (crater)

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Bashō (crater)
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Bashō is a crater on Mercury named after Matsuo Bashō, a 17th-century Japanese writer.[1] Bashō crater is only 74.62 kilometers (46.37 mi) in diameter,[2] but is a prominent feature on Mercury's surface, due to its bright rays. Photographs from NASA's Mariner 10 and MESSENGER spacecraft show a curious halo of dark material around the crater.[3] The dark material is typically referred to as low-reflectance material (LRM) and there is evidence that it is caused by graphite.[4]

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Bashō is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.[5]

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    Mariner 10 image
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    Image from MESSENGER's first flyby in January 2008
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    MESSENGER image
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    Exaggerated color image by MESSENGER, with Tolstoj at top and Bashō in lower left
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    Similar image centered on Bashō
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    Oblique view from MESSENGER
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