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]
MESSENGER photo of Sholem Aleichem in lower right foreground | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 51°N 56.5°W |
Diameter | 190 km |
Eponym | Sholom 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
- Very high-resolution image of hollows in the crater
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References
- MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging Archived 2014-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
- MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging Archived 2013-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- MESSENGER - Featured Image March 12, 2014 Archived March 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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