Antoniadi Dorsum is a ridge on Mercury at 25°06′N 30°30′W / 25.1°N 30.5°W / 25.1; -30.5, and it is approximately 359 km in length. In 1976, it was named by the International Astronomical Union after Eugène Michel Antoniadi.[1]

Antoniadi Dorsum
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Antoniadi Dorsum can be seen to the right of this Mariner 10 observation.
Feature typeDorsum
Coordinates25°06′N 30°30′W / 25.1°N 30.5°W / 25.1; -30.5
EponymEugène Michel Antoniadi
MESSENGER image showing Antoniadi Dorsum cutting across Geddes crater

Antoniadi Dorsum cuts across the crater Geddes. The same trend of ridges continues to the north, where it is called Endeavour Rupes near the crater Holbein, and beyond that it is called Victoria Rupes, which cuts across the crater Enheduanna.

References edit

  1. ^ "Antoniadi Dorsum". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 15 March 2022.