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Prokofiev is a crater near the north pole of the planet New evidence for surface water ice in small‐scale cold traps and in three large craters at the north polar region of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter
Ariel N. Deutsch, Gregory A. Neumann,
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Prokofiev is a crater near the north pole of the planet 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
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, named after the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Data from the ''MESSENGER
''MESSENGER'' was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoche ...
'' spacecraft indicates that it contains water ice and organic compounds. Although other craters in Mercury's north polar region are also believed to contain ice, Prokofiev is the largest of them, with probable surface ice along the southern crater floor that is in perpetual darkness.Ariel N. Deutsch, Gregory A. Neumann,
James W. Head James W. Head III is the Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University. He studies the roles of volcanism in planetary crusts as well as the geological evolution of Mars, and has served as the investi ...
. 14 September 2017. ''Geophysical Research Letters'', Volume 44, Issue 18.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074723
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