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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Popova (crater)

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.

The crater has a central peak 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.

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.