Homer is a crater on Mercury. It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9. It is Tolstojan in age.Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.3. It is named after the greek poet Homer.
Deposits of material in and around this crater suggest the possibility of explosive volcanic eruptions at some point in the planet's history.PSR Discoveries: Hot Idea: Mercury Unveiled An unnamed crater in northwestern Homer (about 18 km diameter) contains hollows and has dark ejecta.
The crater name was approved by the IAU in 1976.Homer, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) The naming of Stark Y crater on the Moon, located northwest of Stark, as Homer, was not approved by the IAU.SEDS: Homer (c. bet. 800 and 700 B.C.)
The small but fresh crater Dominici lies along the northern margin of Homer. The crater Handel is to the northeast, and Titian is to the southwest. References