Petőfi (crater)
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,[1] following the official convention of naming craters on Mercury after historically significant artists, musicians, painters, and authors.[2]
 MESSENGER image | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 83.55°S 240.65°W |
| Quadrangle | Bach |
| Diameter | 61 km (38 mi) |
| Eponym | Sándor Petőfi |
The northern floor of Petőfi is in permanent shadow.[3]
References
- "Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Categories (Themes) for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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