Pushkin (crater)

Pushkin is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Pushkin is named for Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.[1]

Pushkin
MESSENGER NAC showing the central crater and its eastern rim
PlanetMercury
Coordinates65.79°S 20.73°W / -65.79; -20.73
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter232 km (144 mi)
EponymAlexander Pushkin

Pushkin lies south of Tsurayuki crater, and north of Ovid crater.

References

  1. "Pushkin". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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