Bagryana (crater)
Appearance
Feature type | Central-peak impact crater |
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Location | Eminescu quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 3°53′S 283°44′W / 3.89°S 283.73°W |
Diameter | 101 km (63 mi) |
Eponym | Elisaveta Bagryana |
Bagryana is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2017, after Bulgarian poet Elisaveta Bagryana.[1]
Bagryana lies on the southern margin of Apārangi Planitia.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bagryana". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 22 May 2021.