Neruda (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

| name = Neruda

| image = Neruda crater EN0251577944M.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER image of Neruda, the namesake of the Neruda quadrangle

| location = Neruda quadrangle, Mercury

| type = Central-peak impact crater

| coordinates = {{coord|52.6|S|234.2|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|112|km}}

| eponym = Pablo Neruda

}}

File:Neruda and Sher-Gil craters EN0108828161M.jpg craters]]

Neruda is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 112 kilometers.{{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 2008. Neruda was formerly named for the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who lived from 1904 to 1973. In 2022, in order to oppose bias in planetary naming,{{cite web |author= |date=20 November 2023 |title=

OU academic says male-biased culture of naming planetary features after men has to change |url=https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/science-mct/ou-academic-says-male-biased-culture-of-naming-planetary-features-after-men-has-to-change/ |publisher=The Open University |access-date=13 January 2025}} it was reattributed to be named for Czech poet, journalist, writer, and art critic Jan Neruda, who lived from 1834 to 1891, and Czech classical composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, who lived from circa 1708 to circa 1780.{{cite web |url = https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14391 |title = Neruda |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date = 4 July 2012}}

To the northeast of Neruda is Sher-Gil crater. Further to the northwest are Grainger and Beckett craters.