Goldstone Catena
Catena on Mercury
15°48′S 31°42′W / 15.8°S 31.7°W / -15.8; -31.7Goldstone Catena (Goldstone Vallis until March 2013) is a catena on Mercury located at 15.8 S, 31.7 W. It is named after Goldstone Observatory. While it superficially resembles a graben, it is a chain of overlapping secondary craters.[1]
References
- ^ De Hon, R.A.; D.H. Scott; J.R. Underwood, Jr. (1981). "Geologic Map of the Kuiper (H-6) Quadrangle of Mercury" (PDF).
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