Kuiper (Mercurian crater)

Kuiper is a moderate-size crater with a central peak cluster located at 11.35°S 31.23°W / -11.35; -31.23 on Mercury. It is 60 km in diameter and was named after Gerard Kuiper in 1976. It is one of very few Mercurian craters which are named not after artists, and one of very few cases when the same name is used for 3 craters (there are also Kuiper craters on Mars and on the Moon).

Kuiper crater has the highest recorded albedo of any region on the planet's surface and has a prominent ray system, suggesting that it is one of the youngest craters.

Kuiper overlies the northern rim of the larger crater Murasaki.