Hopper (crater)
Crater on Mercury
Crater on Mercury
12°26′S 55°58′W / 12.44°S 55.96°W / -12.44; -55.96Hopper is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2012, after the American painter Edward Hopper.[1]
Hollows are present within Hopper, which are as bright as the crater Kuiper.
Views
- Mariner 10 image centered on Hopper
- High-resolution image from MESSENGER
- The highest resolution view from MESSENGER showing the detail of the hollows
References
- ^ "Hopper". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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