Merit Ptah (crater)
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Planet | Venus |
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Coordinates | 11°24′N 115°36′E / 11.4°N 115.6°ECoordinates: 11°24′N 115°36′E / 11.4°N 115.6°E |
Quadrangle | Niobe Planitia |
Diameter | 17 km |
Eponym | Merit Ptah |
Merit Ptah is an impact crater on Venus, named in honor of alleged ancient Egyptian chief physician Merit Ptah whose existence was later exposed as a hoax.
The only known real person by that name is the wife of Ramose (TT55), a governor of Thebes under Akhetaten.
Categories:
- Niobe Planitia quadrangle
- Impact craters on Venus
- Astrogeology stubs