Bagryana (crater)

Bagryana
Oblique view from MESSENGER NAC
PlanetMercury
Coordinates3°53′S 283°44′W / 3.89°S 283.73°W / -3.89; -283.73
QuadrangleEminescu
Diameter101 km (63 mi)
EponymElisaveta Bagryana
Another MESSENGER NAC mosaic

Bagryana is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2017, after Bulgarian poet Elisaveta Bagryana.[1]

Bagryana lies on the southern margin of Apārangi Planitia.

References

  1. ^ "Bagryana". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 22 May 2021.


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