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Matabei (crater)

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Planet
  
Mercury

Eponym
  
Iwasa Matabei

Diameter
  
24 km

Matabei (crater)

Matabei is an impact crater on Mercury. It has a set of dark rays. Dark rays are rare on Mercury, but other occurrences have been identified, such as at Mozart crater (imaged during MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby). Mozart crater is interpreted to have excavated dark material from depth during the impact event, creating dark streamers. The dark rays from Matabei may have a similar origin.

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Matabei (crater) Wikipedia