Boznańska is a crater on
Mercury. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union
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(IAU) on September 25, 2015. Boznańska is named for the Polish painter
Olga Boznańska
Olga Boznańska (15 April 1865 – 26 October 1940) was a Polish painter of the turn of the 20th century. She was a notable painter in Poland and Europe, and was stylistically associated with the French impressionism, though she rejected this lab ...
.
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.
[Blewett, D. T., Ernst, C. M., Murchie, S. L., and Vilas, F., 2018. Mercury's Hollows. In ''Mercury: The View After ]MESSENGER
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'' edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 12.
To the west of Boznańska is
Duccio
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crater, and to the east is
Namatjira crater.
References
Impact craters on Mercury
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