This scene, which lies within the Goethe basin, shows a ghost crater that is approximately 45 km in diameter. The crater contains prominent graben (extensional troughs) and is bound by a wrinkle ridge ring that marks the location of the crater rim.
Date acquired: April 29, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 212590628
Image ID: 192049
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 7 (748 nanometers)
Center Latitude: 81.4°
Center Longitude: 301.9° E
Resolution: 163 meters/pixel
Scale: The ghost crater containing many troughs is approximately 45 km (28 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 82.8°
Emission Angle: 5.4°
Phase Angle: 88.2°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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