Jókai (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

| name = Jókai

| image = Jókai crater EW0212459945G.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER WAC of Jókai

| location = Borealis quadrangle,Mercury

| type = Central-peak impact crater

| coordinates = {{coord|71.93|N|138.45|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|93.0|km}}

| eponym = Mór Jókai

}}

Jókai is a crater on Mercury.{{cite book |title = The Data Book of Astronomy |last = Moore |first = Patrick |year = 2000 |publisher = Institute of Physics Publishing |isbn = 0-7503-0620-3}} Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Jokai is named for the Hungarian novelist Mór Jókai, who lived from 1825 to 1904.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2877 |title = Jokai |publisher = IAU/USGS/NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date = 31 May 2022}}

The final image by the MESSENGER spacecraft was acquired south of the south rim of Jókai on 30 April 2015. The spacecraft impacted the planet later that day close to the crater Janáček.

To the south of Jókai is Turgenev crater, and to the east are Mansart and Bjornson.

Jókai crater EW0244689281G.jpg|Central Jókai crater

Jókai crater EW0242631251G.map.jpg|Another view at low sun angle

Final image EN1072716050M.jpg|Final image acquired by MESSENGER