Hafiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of . Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on June 23, 2014. Hafiz is named for the Persian poet Hafez.
Within Hafiz is a crater that is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM). The dark spot is associated with hollows.Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. doi.org/10.1002/jgre.20115 The small crater has landslides.Landslide!, Release Date: March 13, 2012.
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