Sholem Aleichem (crater)

Sholem Aleichem is a crater on Mercury, named after the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem in 1979.^[1] The inter-crater plain deposits have been deformed by linear ridges.^[2]

Sholem Aleichem

MESSENGER photo of Sholem Aleichem in lower right foreground
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Victoria quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	50.92°N 90.48°W / 50.92; -90.48
Diameter	196.0 km (121.8 mi)
Eponym	Sholom Aleichem

Adjacent to the Sholem Aleichem crater to the southeast is the older and larger Vyāsa crater. Further to the east is Stravinsky. To the south and southeast are the similarly sized Al-Hamadhani and Scarlatti. To the west is Halim. To the northwest is Al-Akhtal.

Hollows

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  Approximate color image of western Sholem Aleichem crater, showing the hollows as white patches
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  MESSENGER image of hollows within Sholem Aleichem.^[3]
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  Very high-resolution image of hollows within Sholem Aleichem. Width is approximately 1.5 kilometers.