Navoi is a crater on
Mercury. It contains uncommon reddish material that indicates a different rock composition from its surroundings. Navoi also appears to have an irregularly shaped depression in its center. Such depressions have been seen elsewhere on Mercury, including within
Praxiteles
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crater, and may indicate past volcanic activity.
Navoi was named after Uzbek poet
Ali-Shir Nava'i
'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī ( Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, ) was a Timurid poet, writer, statesman, linguist, Hanafi Maturidi mystic and ...
in 2008.
The large crater
Oskison is west of Navoi.
File:Navoi crater EW1055468126G.png, Exaggerated color image by MESSENGER
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File:Navoi crater pit detail EN1043223339M.jpg, Detail of the northwestern end of the pit within the crater. Image is about 8.8 km wide.
File:Navoi crater pit MESSENGER NAC mosaic.jpg, A view of the northeastern part of the pit.
References
Impact craters on Mercury
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