Nabokov (crater)

Nabokov
	MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	14.56°S 55.76°E
Quadrangle	Derain
Diameter	166 km (103 mi)
Eponym	Vladimir Nabokov

Nabokov is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on April 24, 2012. Nabokov is named for the Russian and American author Vladimir Nabokov.[1]

Enhanced color image of Nabokov

Nabokov is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[2] To the west is another peak-ring basin, Holst, of similar size. To the north of Nabokov is Martins crater, and to the northeast is Barney. Nabokov lies on the east side of the ancient Lennon-Picasso Basin.

References

"Nabokov". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.

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[1] "Nabokov". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[2] Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.