Chao Meng-Fu is a 167 kilometer-diameter crater on Mercury named after the Chinese painter and calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322). Due to its location near Mercury’s south pole (132.4° west 87.3° south) and the planet’s small axial tilt an estimated 40% of the crater lies in permanent shadow.
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