Navoi (crater) explained
Navoi is a crater on Mercury. It contains uncommon reddish material that indicates a different rock composition from its surroundings. Navoi also appears to have an irregularly shaped depression in its center. Such depressions have been seen elsewhere on Mercury, including within Praxiteles crater, and may indicate past volcanic activity.[1] [2]
Navoi was named after Uzbek poet Ali-Shir Nava'i in 2008.[3]
The large crater Oskison is west of Navoi.
Notes and References
- Web site: Navoi: An Uncommon Crater Named for the Uzbek Poet. Messenger. 21 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231759/http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=302. 3 March 2016.
- Gillis-Davis. Jeffrey J.. Blewett. David T.. Gaskell. Robert W.. Denevi. Brett W.. Robinson. Mark S.. Strom. Robert G.. Solomon. Sean C.. Sprague. Ann L.. Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity. 2009. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285. 3-4. 243–250. 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023. 2009E&PSL.285..243G.
- Web site: Navoi . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 6 June 2023.
