Chaikovskij (crater)
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Diameter | 165 km |
Eponym | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Chaikovskij (sometimes Tchaikovsky) is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 165 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Chaikovskij is named for the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who lived from 1840 to 1893.[2]
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