Po Ya (crater)

Po Ya
	Mariner 10 image with Po Ya in upper left
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	45°55′S 20°10′W / 45.92°S 20.17°W
Quadrangle	Discovery
Diameter	101 km (63 mi)
Eponym	Bo Ya

Po Ya is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after Bo Ya, a Chinese musician who lived in 8th century B.C.^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.^[2]

Po Ya is northwest of the larger crater Sōtatsu and northeast of Tintoretto crater.

^ "Po Ya". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

[1] "Po Ya". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[Davies_1978-2] Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

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