This image, taken with the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), shows Holst crater. A peak-ring basin, Holst is one of 23 Mercury craters recently assigned names by the IAU. Holst was named for English composer Gustav Holst, who is best known for his orchestral suite The Planets -- the third movement of which is Mercury, the Winged Messenger.
Date acquired: January 12, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 234830851
Image ID: 1254970
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: -17.75°
Center Longitude: 44.65° E
Resolution: 147 meters/pixel
Scale: Holst crater is 170 km (106 mi.) in diameter
Incidence Angle: 67.0°
Emission Angle: 0.5°
Phase Angle: 67.2°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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