Traba (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox crater data

| title = Traba

| image = Traba crater EN0226878757M EN0226878824M.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER NAC mosaic

| globe = Mercury

| coordinates = {{coord|5.56|N|117.53|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|61.0|km}}

| eponym = Marta Traba

}}

Traba is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on February 7, 2025. The crater is named for Argentinian-Colombian writer and art critic Marta Traba.{{cite web |url = https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/16393 |title = Traba |publisher = IAU/USGS/NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date = 18 February 2025}} The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.{{Davies Dwornik Gault Strom 1978}}

Traba is to the northeast of the large crater Vieira da Silva.

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