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Chopin (crater)
Crater on Mercury / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chopin is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 131 kilometers. Chopin is named for the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin (lived 1810–49). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.[1]
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Feature type | Central-peak impact crater |
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Location | Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 65.42°S 123.27°W / -65.42; -123.27 |
Diameter | 131 km |
Eponym | Frédéric Chopin |
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