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Kuiper is a moderate-size crater with a central peak cluster located at 11 S 31.5 W on Mercury. It is 60 km in diameter and was named after Gerard Kuiper. Kuiper crater has the highest recorded albedo of any region on the planet’s surface suggesting that it is one of the youngest craters.Kuiper overlies the northern rim of the larger crater Murasaki.

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