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Large, young, and bright-rayed crater on Mercury. Initially detected with radar at the Goldstone Observatory, it was dubbed Feature B and originally thought to be a volcano.
Hokusai Crater Web Pages[]
Hokusai Crater In the News[]
First Image From Orbit (Mar 2011)[]
- See Debussy Crater, Matabei Crater, Hokusai Crater
- http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/29/first-image-of-mercury-from-orbit-released/
- http://www.space.com/11263-nasa-mercury-photos-results-messenger.html
- http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/30messenger/
- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/science/space/31mercury.html?_r=2&ref=science
- http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/mercury-orbit-gallery/ - has map of first photo
- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71999/title/First_portraits_of_Mercury_from_orbit
- http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/more-images-released-of-mercury-taken-by-orbiter/
- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/pictures/110330-messenger-mercury-from-orbit-nasa-space-first-pictures-science/ - gallery of several early photos
- http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/30/science/la-sci-messenger-20110331
- http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/30/6376843-probe-sends-marvels-from-mercury?chromedomain=cosmiclog
- http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/118958679.html
- http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/814a7574f45768d0630bba7ff8adcdc3-205.html
- http://blog.al.com/space-news/2011/03/astronomers_use_words_like_awe.html
- http://gazette.jhu.edu/2011/04/04/messenger-sends-back-first-image-of-mercury-from-orbit/
- http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1814/1