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Han Kan is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 50 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. Han Kan is named for the Chinese painter Han Gan, who lived from 720 to 780.[2]

On the eastern floor of Han Kan is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM), closely associated with hollows.[3]

Han Kan has an extensive ray system extending for hundreds of kilometers.

  • Mariner 10 image with Han Kan at center
    Mariner 10 image with Han Kan at center
  • Exaggerated color image by MESSENGER with Han Kan at center
    Exaggerated color image by MESSENGER with Han Kan at center
  • Han Kan (bottom center), Van Gogh (upper left), and Dickens (right) craters
    Han Kan (bottom center), Van Gogh (upper left), and Dickens (right) craters

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Han Kan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115


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