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Crater on Mercury Crater on Mercury
Petőfi
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates83°33′S 240°39′W / 83.55°S 240.65°W / -83.55; -240.65
QuadrangleBach
Diameter61 km (38 mi)
EponymSándor Petőfi

Petőfi is a crater on Mercury, near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, following the official convention of naming craters on Mercury after historically significant artists, musicians, painters, and authors.

The northern floor of Petőfi is in permanent shadow.

References

  1. "Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "Categories (Themes) for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


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