Merit Ptah | |
Location: | Venus |
Coordinates: | 11.4°N 115.6°W |
Diameter: | 17 km |
Eponym: | Merit Ptah |
Merit Ptah is an impact crater on Venus,[1] 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 was married to Ramose (TT55), a governor of Thebes under Akhetaten.