Sanai (crater)

Sanai is a large, ancient crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2014, after the Persian poet, Sanai of Ghazna.[1]

Sanai
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates13.37°S 6.99°W / -13.37; -6.99
QuadrangleKuiper
Diameter490 km (300 mi)
EponymSanai of Ghazna

The crater, or basin, has prominent radial troughs to the northeast, and it is floor is covered with smooth plains.

Hitomaro crater is to the southwest of Sanai, and the crater Dvorák is on its northwest rim.

References

  1. "Sanai". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.


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