Mercury hosts the largest population of peak-ring basins among all the rocky planets and satellites of the Solar System. Among the database of such structures, we take into analysis two recently imaged peak-ring basins, Raditladi and Rachmaninoff, both located in the northern hemisphere and about 300 km in diameter. In this work, we present the state of art on these basins. In particular, we focus on their differences, and the possible mechanisms or surface properties that could have led to such a diversification between two similar structures. This work wants to be a review of the present knowledge on Raditladi and Rachmaninoff in the view of a subsequent deep investigation on the impact process that led to the formation of these basins.
Raditladi and Rachmaninoff basins: Comparative studies
MARTELLATO, ELENA;GIACOMINI, LORENZA;MASSIRONI, MATTEO;
2012
Abstract
Mercury hosts the largest population of peak-ring basins among all the rocky planets and satellites of the Solar System. Among the database of such structures, we take into analysis two recently imaged peak-ring basins, Raditladi and Rachmaninoff, both located in the northern hemisphere and about 300 km in diameter. In this work, we present the state of art on these basins. In particular, we focus on their differences, and the possible mechanisms or surface properties that could have led to such a diversification between two similar structures. This work wants to be a review of the present knowledge on Raditladi and Rachmaninoff in the view of a subsequent deep investigation on the impact process that led to the formation of these basins.
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