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Prokofiev is a crater near the north pole of the planet Mercury, named after the Russian composer New evidence for surface water ice in small‐scale cold traps and in three large craters at the north polar region of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter
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Prokofiev is a crater near the north pole of the planet Mercury, named after the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...
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'' spacecraft indicates that it contains water ice and organic compounds. Although other craters in Mercury's north polar region are also believed to contain ice, Prokofiev is the largest of them, with probable surface ice along the southern crater floor that is in perpetual darkness.Ariel N. Deutsch, Gregory A. Neumann,
James W. Head
James W. Head III (born August 30, 1941) is the Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University. He is a renowned planetary geologist specializing in the study of volcanic, tectonic, and glacial proc ...
. 14 September 2017. ''Geophysical Research Letters'', Volume 44, Issue 18.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074723
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