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Hafiz

MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	19°30′N 79°34′E / 19.5°N 79.56°E / 19.5; 79.56
Quadrangle	Eminescu
Diameter	280 km (170 mi)
Eponym	Hafez

Hafiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 280 kilometres (170 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 23, 2014. Hafiz is named for the Persian poet Hafez.

Within Hafiz is a crater that is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows. The small crater has landslides.

• Approximate color image of part of Hafiz
• Part of the small, prominent crater within Hafiz crater that is a dark spot with hollows

References

1. "Hafiz". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115
3. Landslide!, Release Date: March 13, 2012.

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