Manley (crater)

PlanetMercury

Coordinates10°32′S 256°37′W / 10.53°S 256.61°W / -10.53; -256.61

QuadrangleEminescu

Diameter218 km (135 mi)

Manley

MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	10°32′S 256°37′W / 10.53°S 256.61°W / -10.53; -256.61
Quadrangle	Eminescu
Diameter	218 km (135 mi)
Eponym	Edna Manley

Manley is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2023, for the Jamaican sculptor, painter, and printmaker Edna Manley, who lived from 1900 to 1987.^[1] A name for this crater was allocated at the request of the BepiColombo MCAM team, who realized that it would be prominent in images from BepiColombo's 3rd fly-by of Mercury, but had not yet been named.^[2]

Manley is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[3]

Manley is located just west of Catuilla Planum and to the south of the craters Sveinsdóttir and Izquierdo.

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  Oblique view of circular bright crater within Manley
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  Bright crater within northern Manley crater. The crater has a ray system and the bright areas within it may be hollows.
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  The southeastern peak ring has a lower albedo than the rest of the crater, and there are possible hollows on the peaks.