Hano ( Latin Hano ) is a 100-kilometer [1] [2] impact crater located on Saturn’s largest satellite, Titan . It is the fourth largest (as of April 2015) impact crater on Titan .
| Hano | |
|---|---|
| lat Hano | |
 Cassini radar image (July 22, 2006) | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 100 ± 5 [1] [2] km |
| Type of | Shock |
| Deepest | 525 [2] m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Hano |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Titanium |
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Geography and Geology
The coordinates of the crater are [1] . Located northwest ofthe dark terrain of Aaru . To the north of the crater is the Kaitein labyrinth , and in the northeast there is the Kraken Sea and the many hydrocarbon lakes of Titan .
To date, the Cassini spacecraft, which is in orbit on Saturn, is investigating the surface of Titan when it approaches it, thanks to which it was possible to confirm the presence on its surface of ten large craters (as of April 2015).
The dense atmosphere of Titan from nitrogen prevents the formation of a crater with a diameter of less than 20 km, because the meteorite during the fall has time to burn in the atmosphere, and not reaching the surface. In 2007, it was announced that over the next seven years, Cassini would conduct radar on the surface of Titan, and hoped that new craters would be discovered in connection with the mapping of about 50% of its surface [3] .
Eponym
Named in honor of Hano - the goddess of education, knowledge and magic of the Bella-Kula tribe (northwest USA and west of Canada ) [1] . This name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2011 [1] .
See also
- Menrva is the largest impact crater on Titan .
- List of Titanium Surface Parts
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Hano crater (English) . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (December 23, 2011). The appeal date is April 9, 2015. Archived April 9, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Neish CD, Kirk RL, Lorenz RD, Bray VJ, Schenk P., Stiles BW, Turtle E., Mitchell K., Hayes A., Cassini Radar Team. Crater topography on Titan: Implications for landscape evolution // Icarus. - 2013. - Vol. 223, № 1 . - P. 82–90. - DOI : 10.1016 / j.icarus.2012.11.030 . - . Archived July 6, 2014.
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