Sobkou Planitia (Mercury)

Messenger god.

Sobkou Planitia is a large basin on Mercury. The most prominent features within the plain itself are a pair of craters, similar in size to one another, known as Brontë Brontë is the older of the two craters, and the impact the formed Degas has overlapped the edges of that older crater and spread a spray of rays across the southern regions and beyond. (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 341 km

Caduceata(next)

MRV
5 Hours 20 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 6 Hours

N 506 km

Ahmad Baba

MRV
7 Hours 55 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 8 Hours

NE 492 km

Chŏng Ch'ŏl

MRV
7 Hours 41 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 4 Hours

W 977 km

Solitudo Neptuni

MRV
15 Hours 16 Minutes
Walking
12 Days 6 Hours

Sobkou Planitia

39.0° N 231.98° E

E 342 km

Gallia

MRV
5 Hours 20 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 7 Hours

SW 867 km

Pleias

MRV
13 Hours 33 Minutes
Walking
10 Days 21 Hours

S 59 km

Degas

Walking
17 Hours 59 Minutes

SE 48 km

Brontë(last)

Walking
14 Hours 38 Minutes

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