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Petőfi (crater)

Coordinates: 83°33′S 240°39′W / 83.55°S 240.65°W / -83.55; -240.65
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Petőfi
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates83°33′S 240°39′W / 83.55°S 240.65°W / -83.55; -240.65
QuadrangleBach
Diameter61 km
EponymSándor Petőfi

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]

References

  1. ^ "Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.