Lovecraft is a crater on
Mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
, located near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreac ...
(IAU) in 2013, after American author
Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Lovecraft lies on the northeast rim of
Roerich crater.
Lovecraft has a crater floor that is in permanent shadow.
ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington So do nearby craters Chao Meng-Fu (at the south pole), Hurley
Hurley may refer to:
Places
;In the United Kingdom:
* Hurley, Berkshire
* Hurley, Warwickshire
* Hurley Common, Warwickshire
;In the United States:
* Hurley, Alabama
* Hurley, Mississippi
* Hurley, Missouri
* Hurley, New Mexico
* Hurley, New Y ...
, and L'Engle.
See also
*Cthulhu Macula
Cthulhu Macula (formerly ''Cthulhu Regio'') is a prominent surface feature of the dwarf planet Pluto, that is reminiscent of a whale in shape. It is an elongated dark region along Pluto's equator, long and one of the darkest features on Pluto. ...
– a feature on Pluto named after part of Lovecraft's work
References
H. P. Lovecraft
Impact craters on Mercury
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