Mahsati (crater)

Mahsati
	MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	39°34′N 250°17′W / 39.57°N 250.29°W
Quadrangle	Raditladi
Diameter	79.0 km (49.1 mi)
Eponym	Mahsati Ganjavi

Mahsati is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on February 7, 2025. The crater is named for medieval Persian poet Mahsati Ganjavi.^[1]

The central peak complex of Mahsati has hollows.

To the northeast of Mahsati is Dali crater. To the southwest is the rayed crater Fonteyn, and to the southeast is the large basin Raditladi. An unnamed rimless depression south of Mahsati may be a site of explosive volcanism.^[2]

References

^ "Mahsati". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
^ Thomas, R. J., D. A. Rothery, S. J. Conway, and M. Anand (2014), Long-lived explosive volcanism on Mercury, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6084–6092, doi:10.1002/2014GL061224.

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[1] "Mahsati". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[2] Thomas, R. J., D. A. Rothery, S. J. Conway, and M. Anand (2014), Long-lived explosive volcanism on Mercury, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6084–6092, doi:10.1002/2014GL061224.

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