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Kandinsky (crater)

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Much of the floor of Kandinsky is a region of permanent shadow, which has a bright radar signature. This is interpreted to represent a deposit of water ice.
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John K. Harmon, Martin A. Slade, Melissa S. Rice, 2011. Radar imagery of Mercury’s putative polar ice: 1999–2005 Arecibo results.
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Radar-bright deposits near the north pole. Kandinsky is near the center.
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Planet
Coordinates
87°53′N 281°13′E / 87.89°N 281.22°E / 87.89; 281.22
Quadrangle
Borealis
Diameter
Eponym
Wassily Kandinsky

water ice

crater
Mercury
IAU
Wassily Kandinsky
MESSENGER
"Kandinsky"
IAU
NASA
USGS
PIA19411: Water Ice on Mercury
doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.007
"First Photos of Water Ice on Mercury Captured by NASA Spacecraft"
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