Price (crater)

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Price
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Planet Mercury
Coordinates 15°09′N300°50′W / 15.15°N 300.84°W / 15.15; -300.84
Quadrangle Derain
Diameter 38.0 km (23.6 mi)
Eponym Florence Price
Oblique view Price crater EN0254625155M EN0254625157M.jpg
Oblique view

Price is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on February 7, 2025. The crater is named for American composer and musician Florence Beatrice Price. [1]

Price has extensive patches of hollows on its floor.

Price is to the south of the prominent crater Rachmaninoff. Apārangi Planitia is to the southeast.

References

  1. "Price". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA . Retrieved 18 February 2025.