Boznańska (crater)

Boznańska

Approximate color view of Boznańska by MESSENGER
Feature type	Central-peak impact crater
Location	Victoria quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	59.64°N 40.75°W / 59.64; -40.75
Diameter	72 km
Eponym	Olga Boznańska

Interior, showing hollows

Boznańska crater (right of center) lies within a larger, older, unnamed crater

Boznańska is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 25, 2015. Boznańska is named for the Polish painter Olga Boznańska.[1]

Boznańska contains hollows, located on or close to the central peak complex, as well as on the upper walls of small craters at the center and on the eastern floor.[2]

To the west of Boznańska is Duccio crater, and to the east is Namatjira crater.

References

1. "Boznańska". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
2. Blewett, D. T., Ernst, C. M., Murchie, S. L., and Vilas, F., 2018. Mercury's Hollows. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 12.