Shevchenko 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
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. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, for Ukrainian poet
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko.
On the west rim of Shevchenko is an unnamed smaller crater that has sharp features and contains
hollows.
To the southwest of Shevchenko is
Khansa
Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah ( ar, تماضر بنت عمرو بن الحارث بن الشريد السُلمية), usually simply referred to as al-Khansāʾ ( ar, الخنساء, links=no, meaning "snub- ...
crater. To the northeast is
Africanus Horton, and to the east are
Rameau and the
Discovery Rupes
Discovery Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury approximately long and high, located at latitude 56.3 S and longitude 38.3 W. It was formed by a thrust fault, thought to have occurred due to the shrinkage of the planet's core as it cooled over ti ...
.
Shevchenko crater MESSENGER NAC mosaic.jpg, NAC mosaic with north at left
Unnamed crater near Shevchenko EN1066019509M.jpg, Unnamed crater with hollows west of Shevchenko crater
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