Sholem Aleichem (crater)

Sholem Aleichem is a crater on Mercury, named after the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem.[1] The plains deposits filling the crater's interior have been deformed by linear ridges.[2]

Sholem Aleichem
MESSENGER photo of Sholem Aleichem in lower right foreground
PlanetMercury
Coordinates51°N 56.5°W / 51; -56.5
QuadrangleVictoria quadrangle
Diameter190 km
EponymSholom Aleichem

Adjacent to Sholem Aleichem to the southeast is the older and larger crater Vyāsa, and further to the east is Stravinsky.

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