Hamlet (crater)

Coordinates: 46°06′S 44°24′E / 46.1°S 44.4°E / -46.1; 44.4^[1]

A map of Oberon. The large crater with the dark floor (right of center) is Hamlet.

Hamlet is the largest crater on the known part of the surface of Uranus' moon Oberon.^[2] It has diameter of about 206 km and is named after the title character of the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare.^[1] The crater has a dark floor and is surrounded by a system of bright rays, which are ice ejecta deposited during the impact event. The nature of the dark material on the floor is not known, but it may have erupted from depth. The crater was first imaged by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in January 1986.^[3]

References

1 2 USGS/IAU (October 1, 2006). "Hamlet on Oberon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
↑ USGS/IAU. "Oberon: Craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
↑ Smith, B. A.; Soderblom, L. A.; Beebe, A.; Bliss, D.; Boyce, J. M.; Brahic, A.; Briggs, G. A.; Brown, R. H.; Collins, S. A. (4 July 1986). "Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results". Science. 233 (4759): 43–64. Bibcode:1986Sci...233...43S. doi:10.1126/science.233.4759.43. PMID 17812889.

Moons of Uranus

Generally listed in increasing distance from Uranus

Inner	Rings of Uranus Cordelia Ophelia Bianca Cressida Desdemona Juliet Portia Rosalind Cupid Belinda Perdita Puck Mab

Major (spheroid)	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon

Outer (irregular)	Francisco Caliban Stephano Trinculo Sycorax Margaret Prospero Setebos Ferdinand

Geological features	Arielian Kachina Chasmata Yangoor Mirandian Verona Rupes Oberonian Hamlet Mommur Chasma Puckian Titanian Gertrude Messina Chasma Ursula Rousillon Rupes Umbrielian Wunda Vuver Skynd

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