Suisei Planitia (Mercury)

Japanese word for the planet Mercury.

Suisei Planitia is a large basin on Mercury. Ghost craters are unusual forms that occur in the Suisei Planitia. They are buried and rounded in profile, with only their rim crests rising above the surrounding smooth plains. It has been suggested that the smooth plains that Suisei Planitia is part of might be ejecta from Caloris that were melted by the impact. (wikipedia entry)

A planitia is a low plain. On Mercury they are named after names for Mercury (either the planet or the god) in various languages.

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NW 886 km

Nizāmī

MRV
13 Hours 50 Minutes
Walking
11 Days 2 Hours

N 546 km

Jókai(last)

MRV
8 Hours 32 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 20 Hours

NE 515 km

Turgenev

MRV
8 Hours 3 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 11 Hours

W 1257 km

Brahms

MRV
19 Hours 38 Minutes
Walking
15 Days 18 Hours

Suisei Planitia

60.88° N 212.19° E

E 346 km

Kōshō

MRV
5 Hours 24 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 8 Hours

SW 352 km

Janáček(next)

MRV
5 Hours 30 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 10 Hours

S 510 km

Shakespeare

MRV
7 Hours 58 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 9 Hours

SE 542 km

Strindberg

MRV
8 Hours 28 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 19 Hours

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