Sayat-Nova (crater)

Sayat-Nova

MESSENGER NAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	27°59′S122°42′W / 27.98°S 122.7°W / -27.98; -122.7
Quadrangle	Michelangelo
Diameter	146 km (91 mi)
Eponym	Sayat-Nova

Sayat-Nova is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It is named for the Armenian/Georgian song writer Aruthin Sayadian Sayat-Nova. Its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. ^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[2]

Sayat-Nova is located on the southern rim of the larger Beethoven basin. A scarp cutting east-west across Sayat-Nova corresponds with the original rim of Beethoven. ^[3]

References

1. "Sayat-Nova". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
2. Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN   978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.
3. Preusker, F., J. Oberst, D. T. Blewett, K. Gwinner, J. W. Head, S. L., Murchie, M. S. Robinson, T. R. Watters, M. T. Zuber, and S. C. Solomon (2012), Topography of Mercury from stereo images: First samples from MESSENGER orbital mapping, Lunar Planet. Sci., XLIII, Abstract 1913.