Sadī (crater)
Sadī is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, after Persian poet Saadi Shirazi.[1]
 MESSENGER NAC image. North is to the left. | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 79.24°S 51.26°W |
| Quadrangle | Bach |
| Diameter | 66.54 km |
| Eponym | Saadi Shirazi |
Sadī is right of center in this MESSENGER image. Li Ch'ing-Chao is at top center, and Roerich is in lower left.
The northern rim of Sadī is in permanent shadow.[2]
References
- "Sadī". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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