Ellington basin, named in 2012 for American jazz legend Duke Ellington (1899-1974), is a peak ring basin covered in secondary craters. The prominent crater Berkel lies inside of the basin. Berkel's ejecta and floor exhibit differences in reflectance and color, indicating a heterogeneous local stratigraphy. This image was created by merging a color image with a monochrome image, in order to emphasize both the topography and the color of the area.
Date acquired: August 07, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 252814064, 252814056, 252814060
Image ID: 2344652, 2344650, 2344651
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filters: 9, 7, 6 (996, 748, 433 nanometers) in red, green, and blue
Center Latitude: -14.85°
Center Longitude: 25.55° E
Resolution: 476 meters/pixel
Scale: Ellington basin is 216 km (134 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 19.3°
Emission Angle: 8.7°
Phase Angle: 28.0°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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