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Raphael is a 
Raphael is a crater
Crater may refer to:
Landforms
*Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
*Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surfac ...
on Mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, and is named for the Italian painter Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino).
Unlike other Mercurian craters of similar size, Raphael is not multi-ringed.
The crater Flaiano lies just south of the center of Raphael.
There is also a high- albedo area east of Flaiano, that is associated with irregular depressions. The depressions are similar to those within Navoi
Navoiy (), also spelled Navoi, is a city and the capital of Navoiy Region in the southwestern part of Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlement Tinchlik. It is located at latitude 40° 5' 4 ...
, Lermontov, Scarlatti, and Praxiteles. The depressions resemble those associated with volcanic explosions.
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