Wergeland (crater)

Wergeland is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Norwegian poet Henrik Arnold Wergeland.[1]

Wergeland
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates37.93°S 56.36°W / -37.93; -56.36
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter42 km
EponymHenrik Arnold Wergeland
Oblique MESSENGER image

Hollows are present within Wergeland.

The peak-ring basin Chekhov is to the west of Wergeland.

References
  1. "Wergeland". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.


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