Price (crater)

Price
MESSENGER NAC
PlanetMercury
Coordinates15°09′N 300°50′W / 15.15°N 300.84°W / 15.15; -300.84
QuadrangleDerain
Diameter38.0 km (23.6 mi)
EponymFlorence Price
Oblique view

Price is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on February 7, 2025. The crater is named for American composer and musician Florence Beatrice Price.[1]

Price has extensive patches of hollows on its floor.

Price is to the south of the prominent crater Rachmaninoff. Apārangi Planitia is to the southeast.

References

  1. ^ "Price". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 18 February 2025.


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