• Thumbnail for Aneirin (crater)
    Aneirin is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 467 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 13, 2014...
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    the much larger Aneirin crater. The highest of several scarps that cut across the floor of Darío corresponds with the rim of Aneirin. Hollows are present...
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  • Thumbnail for Petrarch (crater)
    Petrarch is a crater on Mercury. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It was...
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    Mercurian: 414 craters (7.9%)   Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.1%)   Martian: 1,092 craters (20.9%)   Venusian: 900 craters (17.2%)   Others: 1,198 craters (22.9%)...
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  • Thumbnail for Rūmī (crater)
    Rūmī is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 75 kilometres (47 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985...
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    A permanently shadowed crater is a depression on a body in the Solar System within which lies a point that is always in darkness. As of 2019, there are...
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  • Thumbnail for Du Fu (crater)
    Du Fu is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Du Fu is named for the Chinese...
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    Beethoven is a crater at latitude 20°S, longitude 124°W on Mercury. It is 630 km in diameter and was named after Ludwig van Beethoven. It is the eleventh...
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  • Thumbnail for Tsʽai Wen-Chi (crater)
    Tsʻai Wen-Chi is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It is located northwest of the larger Rodin crater. It is named for the Chinese composer Cai Yan...
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  • Thumbnail for Aristoxenus (crater)
    Aristoxenus is an impact crater near the north pole on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979 after the Greek philosopher Aristoxenus. Aristoxenus is...
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    from relatively fresh rayed-craters, to highly degraded crater remnants. Mercurian craters differ subtly from Lunar craters – the extent of their ejecta...
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  • Thumbnail for Barma (crater)
    Barma is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 128 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1982. Barma is named...
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    actress Billie Burke. Northeast rim of Burke crater Oblique view of Burke crater (upper left) and Gordimer crater (lower left) Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data...
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  • Thumbnail for Bunin (crater)
    Bunin is a crater on Mercury, located near the north pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2019. It is named for...
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  • Thumbnail for Grotell (crater)
    Grotell is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 48.25 kilometres (29.98 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...
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  • Thumbnail for Benoit (crater)
    Benoit is a crater on Mercury. Its floor is quite unusual, with two mounds that have been suggested to be evidence of intrusive volcanic activity on Mercury...
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  • Thumbnail for Ravel (crater)
    Ravel is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985, after the French composer Maurice Ravel. Ravel...
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  • Thumbnail for Carvalho (crater)
    Carvalho is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the Brazilian musician Beth...
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  • Thumbnail for Chao Meng-Fu (crater)
    Chao Meng-Fu is a 167 km (104 mi) diameter crater on Mercury named after the Chinese painter and calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322). Due to its location...
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  • Thumbnail for Li Chʽing-Chao (crater)
    Li Chʻing-Chao is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 61 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976....
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  • Thumbnail for Chŏng Chʼŏl (crater)
    Chŏng Chʼŏl is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 143 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Chŏng...
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  • Thumbnail for Dostoevskij (crater)
    Dostoevskij (sometimes Dostoevskii) is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 430 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical...
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  • Thumbnail for Abedin (crater)
    Abedin is a crater on Mercury. It was named after the Bangladeshi artist Zainul Abedin by the IAU in 2009. Abedin exhibits a complex crater structure with...
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  • Thumbnail for Sibelius (crater)
    Sibelius is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 94 kilometres (58 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985...
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  • Thumbnail for Berry (crater)
    Berry is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 28, 2020. Berry is named for the American...
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  • Thumbnail for Dvorák (crater)
    Dvorák is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 75 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Dvorák is...
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  • Thumbnail for Pasch (crater)
    Pasch is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2012. Pasch is named for the Swedish painter Ulrika...
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  • Thumbnail for Bramante (crater)
    Bramante is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 156 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Bramante is...
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    Mercury is heavily cratered, as a result of countless impact events that have accumulated over billions of years. Its largest crater, Caloris Planitia...
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  • Thumbnail for Thoreau (crater)
    Thoreau is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. The crater is named for American poet and...
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