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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 86°14′S 73°49′W / 86.24°S 73.82°W |
Quadrangle | Bach |
Diameter | 51.97 km (32.29 mi) |
Eponym | H. P. Lovecraft |
Lovecraft is a crater on Mercury, located near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013, after American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft.[1]
Lovecraft lies on the northeast rim of Roerich crater.
Lovecraft has a crater floor that is in permanent shadow.[2] So do nearby craters Chao Meng-Fu (at the south pole), Hurley, and L'Engle.
See also
- Cthulhu Macula – a feature on Pluto named after part of Lovecraft's work
References
- ↑ "Lovecraft". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ↑ ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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