Lovecraft (crater)

Lovecraft

MESSENGER NAC image of Lovecraft
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Bach quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	86.24°S 73.82°W / -86.24; -73.82
Diameter	51.97 km (32.29 mi)
Eponym	H. P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft is a crater on Mercury, located near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013, after American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft.^[1]

Lovecraft lies on the northeast rim of Roerich crater.

Lovecraft has a crater floor that is in permanent shadow.^[2] So do nearby craters Chao Meng-Fu (at the south pole), Hurley, and L'Engle.

References

1. "Lovecraft". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
2. ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington