Petőfi (crater)

Petőfi is a crater on Mercury, near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi.[1]

Petőfi
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates83.55°S 240.65°W / -83.55; -240.65
QuadrangleBach quadrangle
Diameter61 km
EponymSándor Petőfi

References
  1. "Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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