Hopper is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the

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in 2012, after the American painter

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. Hollows are present within Hopper, which are as bright as the crater

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image centered on Hopper File:Hopper crater EN0223616383M.jpg, High-resolution image from MESSENGER File:Hopper crater EN1066258636M.jpg, The highest resolution view from MESSENGER showing the detail of the hollows

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