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Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Victoria quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 43°30′N 80°00′W / 43.5°N 80°W |
Diameter | 275 km (171 mi) |
Eponym | Vyasa |
Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Indian poet Vyasa.[1] It is Tolstojan in age.[2]
Vyāsa is an ancient crater, overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Vyāsa (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.3.
- ^ Grego, Peter (2008). "Our Current Knowledge of Mercury". Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them. Astronomers' Observing Guides. pp. 9–69. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-74286-1_2. ISBN 978-0-387-74285-4.