Popova (crater)

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Popova
Popova crater EN0244000660M.jpg
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Planet Mercury
Coordinates 34°43′S66°44′W / 34.72°S 66.73°W / -34.72; -66.73
Quadrangle Discovery
Diameter 34 km (21 mi)
Eponym Lyubov Popova
Mariner 10 image with Popova near center Mariner 10 image 0166651.png
Mariner 10 image with Popova near center

Popova is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the Russian painter and designer Lyubov Popova. [1]

The crater has a central peak [2] and has a bright ray system that overlies surrounding features and is thus young.

The peak-ring basin Chekhov is to the southeast of Popova, and the flat-floored Unkei is to the northeast.

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References

  1. "Popova". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. PRISTINE POPOVA, Release Date: January 4, 2013. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.