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The press release states:
- Craters on Mercury are named after famous deceased artists, musicians, or authors. The approved crater names are:
- Apollodorus, after Apollodorus of Damascus, a second-century Greek architect credited by many with designing the Pantheon temple in Rome.
- Atget, after Eugène Atget, a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris.
- Cunningham, after Imogen Cunningham, an American photographer known for her portraits, still lifes, and figure studies.
- Eminescu, after Romanian poet Mihail Eminescu, considered to be the "godfather" of the modern Romanian language.
- Kertész, after André Kertész, a Hungarian-born American photographer famous for developing the photo essay.
- Neruda, after Chilean poet, Nobel laureate, and politician Pablo Neruda, most famous for his love poems.
- Raditladi, after Leetile Disang Raditladi, a Botswanan poet and playwright who founded the first political party in Botswana, the Federal Party.
- Sander, after German photographer August Sander best known for his portrait series.
- Sveinsdóttir, after Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, one of Iceland's first woman painters and textile artists and a significant innovator from the 1930s to the 1950s through her approach to the landscape subject and color palette.
- Xiao Zhao, after Xiao Zhao, a Chinese artist from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) who once served as Emperor Gao Zong's dai zhao (painter-in-attendance) with the honorary title di gong lang (gentleman for meritorious achievement).