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.


References

  1. ^ "Lovecraft". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraft_(crater)
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