Sholem Aleichem (crater)

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Sholem Aleichem
EN0108821596M Sholem Aleichem crater on Mercury.png
MESSENGER photo of Sholem Aleichem in lower right foreground
PlanetMercury
Coordinates51°00′N 56°30′W / 51°N 56.5°W / 51; -56.5Coordinates: 51°00′N 56°30′W / 51°N 56.5°W / 51; -56.5
QuadrangleVictoria
Diameter190 km
EponymSholom Aleichem

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]

Adjacent to Sholem Aleichem to the southeast is the older and larger crater Vyāsa, and further to the east is Stravinsky. To the south and southeast are the similarly sized craters Al-Hamadhani and Scarlatti. To the west are To Ngoc Van and Bruegel. To the northwest is Al-Akhtal.

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. Image is about 1.5 kilometers wide.

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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