Titian (crater)

Titian
	Enhanced-colour image of Titian (MESSENGER image)
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	3.6°S 42.1°W
Quadrangle	Kuiper quadrangle
Diameter	121 km
Eponym	Titian

In an enhanced color image, viewed from the MESSENGER spacecraft, the smooth floor of Titian is a brighter orange color than the surrounding area, likely due to being filled with volcanic material. Ejecta from Titian appear blue and cover much of the surface surrounding the crater. This material was excavated from depth during the crater's formation. Later impacts, such as the one that produced the small crater that appears yellow in the upper center of the image, excavated material from below the Titian ejecta. This yellow-appearing material was present at or near the surface before the impact that created Titian and is a different composition (and thus, color) from its surroundings.[1]

MESSENGER mosaic

Mariner 10 image with Titian in lower left

Titian is an impact crater on the planet Mercury.

Titian is located to the southwest of the large basin Homer.

References

DOMINICI COLORS MERCURY'S LANDSCAPE, Release Date: June 8, 2010. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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[1] DOMINICI COLORS MERCURY'S LANDSCAPE, Release Date: June 8, 2010. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.