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    Al-Jāhiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 83 kilometers. Its name was proposed by astrophysicist David Morrison and adopted by the International...
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    al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī; c. 776–868/869), commonly known as al-Jahiz (Arabic: الجاحظ, romanized: al-Jāḥiẓ, lit. 'the bug eyed'), was an Arabic polymath and author...
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    more sun). The large crater in which Hun Kal lies is not named. To the northwest is Al-Jāhiz crater, and to the west is Lu Hsun crater. This Mariner 10 image...
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    on and around the central peak complex. Al-Jāhiz crater is northeast of Lu Hsun. Oblique view of Lu Hsun crater (lower right), with bright hollows at the...
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  • Thumbnail for Masuka (crater)
    Masuka is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the Zimbabwean-born South African...
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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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    Laxness is a crater on Mercury, located near the north pole. It was named by the IAU in 2013, after Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness. S band radar data...
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    al-Biruni nevertheless also associated with Maturidi theologians. He was however, very critical of the Mu'tazila, particularly criticising al-Jahiz and...
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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 Amru Al-Qays (crater)
    Amru Al-Qays is a crater on Mercury. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the pre-Islamic...
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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 Stoddart (crater)
    Stoddart is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 26, 2024, for the New Zealand painter Margaret...
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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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    Truffaut is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the French filmmaker and art...
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  • Thumbnail for Bulsara (crater)
    Bulsara is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in May 2024, for British musician Farrokh Bulsara, better...
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  • Thumbnail for Heaney (crater)
    Heaney is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 125 kilometres (78 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on March...
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  • Makeba is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the South African singer-songwriter...
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  • Thumbnail for Piazzolla (crater)
    Piazzolla is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the Argentine tango composer...
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  • Thumbnail for Nasir (crater)
    Nasir is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the Swahili poet Sayyid Abdallah...
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    Pit-Floor Crater". Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2012. R.J. Wagner; et al. (2001)...
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  • Thumbnail for Al-Akhtal (crater)
    Al-Akhtal is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. Al-Akhtal is named for the Arab poet Akhtal...
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  • Thumbnail for Al-Hamadhani (crater)
    Al-Hamadhani is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 186 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Al-Hamadhani...
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  • Thumbnail for Hafiz (crater)
    Hafiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 280 kilometres (170 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June...
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  • Thumbnail for Hurley (crater)
    Hurley is a crater on Mercury, located near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013, after Australian...
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  • Thumbnail for Petronius (crater)
    Petronius is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 36 kilometres (22 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on...
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  • Thumbnail for Balanchine (crater)
    Balanchine is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It possesses a ray system of slightly blue rays which inspired its name due to resembling the tutu...
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  • Thumbnail for Velázquez (crater)
    Velázquez is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 128 kilometres (80 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in...
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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 Degas (crater)
    material blasted out during the crater's formation. Craters older than Degas are covered by the ray material, while younger craters are seen superimposed on...
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    Nairne is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2022. The crater is named for Scottish songwriter...
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