Petőfi (crater)

Petőfi
	MESSENGER image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	83.55°S 240.65°W
Quadrangle	Bach
Diameter	61 km
Eponym	Sándor Petőfi

Petőfi is a crater on Mercury, near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi,[1] following the official convention of naming craters on Mercury after historically significant artists, musicians, painters, and authors.[2]

References

"Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
"Categories (Themes) for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU). Retrieved 24 February 2021.

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[1] "Petőfi". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[Naming-2] "Categories (Themes) for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU). Retrieved 24 February 2021.