Erté (crater)

Erté
	MESSENGER WAC image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	27.44°N 117.33°W
Quadrangle	Shakespeare quadrangle
Diameter	48.5 km
Eponym	Romain de Tirtoff Erté

Erté is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013. It is named for the French artist and designer of Russian origin Romain de Tirtoff Erté.[1]

MESSENGER NAC mosaic

Erté is one of the largest craters of the Kuiperian system on Mercury. The largest is Bartók crater.[2]

References

"Erté". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.

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[1] "Erté". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[2] Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.4.