Villa-Lobos (crater)
Villa-Lobos is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Villa-Lobos is named for the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
The scarp called Grifo Rupes cuts across Villa-Lobos north to south, and extends to the north through several unnamed craters.
Calder crater is to the southeast of Villa-Lobos.
References
- ^ "Villa-Lobos". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Grifo Rupes". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 15 May 2024.