Vyāsa (crater)

Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Indian poet Vyasa.[1]

Vyāsa
PlanetMercury
Coordinates43.5°N 80°W / 43.5; -80
QuadrangleVictoria
Diameter275 km (171 mi)
EponymVyasa

Vyāsa is an ancient crater, overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.[2]

Central Vyāsa crater

References

  1. "Vyāsa (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. 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.


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