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Hovnatanian (crater)

Crater on Mercury
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Feature typeImpact crater
LocationTolstoj quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates7°41′S 187°17′W / 7.68°S 187.29°W / -7.68; -187.29
Diameter34 km (21 mi)
EponymHakob Hovnatanyan

Hovnatanian is a crater on Mercury. Its "butterfly" pattern of ejecta rays were created by an impact at an even lower angle than that which formed neighboring Qi Baishi crater. From the "butterfly" pattern of rays (similar to Messier crater on the Moon), the Hovnatanian impactor was travelling either north-to-south or south-to-north prior to hitting Mercury's surface.[1] Hovnatanian lies to the west of Tir Planitia.

The crater was named in 2008 for Hakob Hovnatanyan, a 19th-century Armenian artist.[2]

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  1. ^ "Low-angle Impacts: A Look at Qi Baishi and Hovnatanian". Archived from the original on 2014年02月01日. Retrieved 2009年06月14日.
  2. ^ "Hovnatanian". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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