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Crater on Mercury Crater on Mercury
Travers
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates28°00′S 329°06′W / 28.0°S 329.1°W / -28.0; -329.1
QuadrangleDebussy
Diameter164 km (102 mi)
EponymP. L. Travers
Travers crater at a low sun angle

Travers is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2018, after the British writer Pamela Lyndon Travers.

The scarps cutting across Travers crater are called Kainan Rupes. They extend to the southwest of the crater.

References

  1. "Travers". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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