Gertrude (crater)

Gertrude is the largest known crater on Uranus's moon Titania. It is about 326 km across, 1/5 of Titania's diameter. It is named after the mother of Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Features on Titania are named after female Shakespearean characters.

The crater rim of Gertrude is elevated by 2 km over the crater floor. In the center of the crater there is a large dome, which resulted from the uplift of the surface immediately after the impact. The dome has the diameter of about 150 km and is 2–3 km high. The rim and dome are low for crater with such a large diameter indicating that the relief has relaxed since the impact. The surface of the dome has only few superimposed smaller craters, which means that it was modified later.

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Gertrude peeks over the terminator at the Planetary Society

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Gertrude

Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to:

The "underwater phone" used by submarines for communication

Gertrude (Hamlet), Hamlet's mother

Gertrud (novel), by Hermann Hesse

Gertrud (play), by Hjalmar Söderberg

Gertrud (film), 1964 Danish film based on Söderberg's play

Gertrude (Code name), invasion plan for Turkey by Nazi Germany

Gertrude (crater), crater on Uranus' moon Titania

710 Gertrud, minor planet

Places named Gertrude:

Gertrude, Arkansas

Gertrude, California

Gertrude, West Virginia

People with Gertrude as the full name:

Gertrude of Aldenberg (1227–1297), blessed in the Roman Catholic Church

Gertrude of Austria (1226–1288)

Gertrude of Babenberg (d. 1150), Duchess of Bohemia

Gertrude of Bavaria (d. 1197), Queen of Denmark

Gertrude of Brunswick (d. 1117), Markgräfin of Meissen

Gertrude of Dagsburg (d. 1225), Duchess of Lorraine

Gertrude of Hackeborn (1223–1292), Abbess of Hellfta

Gertrude of Hohenburg (d. 1281), Queen of the Romans

Gertrude of Merania (1185–1213)

Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659)

Gertrude of Poland

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Gertrude (given name)

Gertrude (also spelled Gertrud) is a female given name which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". "Trudy", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude", has developed into a name in its own right.

For a list of fictional characters and people known by only one name, see Gertrude (disambiguation)

"Gartred" is a rare variation (attested in Daphne du Maurier's novel The King's General, taking place in 17th Century Cornwall) (see , ).

See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.

People with this name include:

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), American painter based in Chicago

Gertrud Adelborg (1853–1942), Swedish suffragist

Gertrude Alderfer [Gert] (born 1931), former first basewoman and catcher

Gertrude Appleyard (1865–1917), British archer

Gertrude Aretz née Kuntze-Dolton (1889–1938), German historian and publisher

Lillian Gertrud Asplund (1906–2006), last survivor remembering the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912

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Gertrude (Hamlet)

In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her marrying her husband's brother Claudius after he murdered the King (young Hamlet's father, King Hamlet). Gertrude reveals no guilt in her marriage with Claudius after the recent murder of her husband, and Hamlet begins to show signs of jealousy towards Claudius. According to Hamlet, she scarcely mourned her husband's death before marrying Claudius.

Role in the play

Gertrude is first seen in Act 1 Scene 2 as she tries to cheer Hamlet over the loss of his father, begging him to stay at home rather than going back to school in Wittenberg. Her worry over him continues into the second act, as she sides with King Claudius in sending Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to raise the spirits of her son. Also, rather than ascribing Hamlet's sudden madness to Ophelia's rejection (as thought by Polonius), she believes the cause to be his father, King Hamlet's death and her quick, subsequent marriage to Claudius: "I doubt it is no other but the main; His father's death and our o'erhasty marriage." In Act three, she eagerly listens to the report of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on their attempt to cheer him, and supports the King and Polonius' plan to watch Hamlet from a hidden vantage point as he speaks with Ophelia, with the hope that her presence will heal him.

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Crater

Crater may refer to:

In landforms:

Impact crater, caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet

Volcanic crater or caldera, formed by volcanic activity

Subsidence crater, from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion

A maar crater, a relief crater caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion

pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava

Crater lake

Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface

Machtesh, a crater-like formation created by erosion.

Other:

Crater, California, in Inyo County

Cratering, when reindeer dig for lichens that sustain them in winter months

Crater (constellation)

Joseph F. Crater, a New York judge who disappeared in 1930

An alternate ancient name for the Crathis, a river of southern Italy

Crater (Yemen)

The Crater (novel) a book by James Cooper

Crater Exploration New Space services company.

Crater, a 2016 collaborative album between Mamiffer and Daniel Menche

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Crater (Aden)

Crater (/ˈkreɪtər/; Arabic: كريتر‎, [ˈkɾeːtəɾ]), also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera (Arabic: صيرة Ṣīrah). It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. In 1991, the population was 70,319. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.

In the closing days of British rule in 1967, Crater District became the focus of the Aden Emergency, sometimes called the last imperial war. After a mutiny of hundreds of soldiers in the South Arabian Federation Army on 20 June, all British forces withdrew from the Crater. The Crater was occupied by Arab fighters while British forces blocked off its two main entrances. In July, a British infantry battalion, led by Lt. Col. Colin Mitchell of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, entered the Crater and managed to occupy the entire district overnight with no casualties. Nevertheless, deadly guerrilla attacks soon resumed, with the British leaving Aden by the end of November 1967, earlier than had been planned by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and without an agreement on the succeeding governance.

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Crater (Chinese astronomy)

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Crater is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 巨爵座 (jù jué zuò), meaning "the huge wine holder constellation".