Carvalho is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the Brazilian musician Beth Carvalho, who lived from 1946 to 2019.[1]
Carvalho is to the southeast of the ancient crater Kuan Han-Chʽing. It is east of Praxiteles and north of Bek.
References
- ^ "Carvalho". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
