[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979.

Mussorgskij is named for the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, who lived from 1839 to 1881.

[3] There are irregular depressions at the center of Mussorgskij, which are similar to those within Navoi, Lermontov, Scarlatti, and Praxiteles.

The depressions resemble those associated with volcanic explosions.

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