Sholem Aleichem (crater)

Sholem Aleichem is a crater on Mercury, named after the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem.[1] The plains deposits filling the crater's interior have been deformed by linear ridges.[2]

Sholem Aleichem
MESSENGER photo of Sholem Aleichem in lower right foreground
PlanetMercury
Coordinates51°N 56.5°W / 51; -56.5
Diameter190 km
EponymSholom Aleichem

Adjacent to Sholem Aleichem to the southeast is the older and larger crater Vyāsa, and further to the east is Stravinsky.

Hollows
  • Approximate color image of western Sholem Aleichem crater, showing the hollows as white patches
  • MESSENGER image of hollows within Sholem Aleichem.[3]
  • Very high-resolution image of hollows in the crater
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References
  1. MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging Archived 2013-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. MESSENGER - Featured Image March 12, 2014 Archived March 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine


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