Beag ( lat. Beag ) - 27-kilometer [1] impact crater , located on the largest satellite of Saturn - Titan .
| Beag | |
|---|---|
| lat Beag | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 26.9 [1] km |
| Type of | Shock |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Beag |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Titanium |
Content
Geography and geology
The coordinates of the crater - [1] . Beag Crater is the smallest impact crater on Titan (in April 2015), its diameter is 26.9 km . In the north and northeast of the crater are twodark areas - Shangri-La and Ching-tu, respectively. The crater is located inside the Hubal strip , north of it are the strip of Perkunas .
To date, the Cassini spacecraft, located in the orbit of Saturn, is exploring the surface of Titan when it approaches it, thanks to this it was possible to confirm the presence of ten large craters on its surface (as of April 2015).
The dense atmosphere of Titanium from nitrogen prevents the formation of a crater with a diameter of less than 20 km, because a meteorite during a fall manages to burn out in the atmosphere without reaching the surface. In 2007, it was announced that over the next seven years, Cassini will radar the surface of the Titan, and expressed hope for the discovery of new craters in connection with the mapping of about 50% of its surface [2] .
Eponym
The crater is named after Beag - the Irish goddess of water, education and knowledge [1] . This name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2015 [1] .
See also
- Menrva is the largest impact crater on Titan .
- Titanium Surface Parts List
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Beag crater . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (April 15, 2015). Date of treatment April 18, 2015. Archived April 18, 2015.
- ↑ Impact Cratering II / RD Lorenz, CA Wood, JI Lunine, SD Wall, RM Lopes, KL Mitchell, F. Paganelli, YZ Anderson, ER Stofan and the Cassini RADAR Team. - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2007. - P. 1. - 2 p.