Vyāsa (crater)

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

For other uses, see Vyasa (disambiguation).
Vyāsa
PlanetMercury
Coordinates43.5°N 80°W / 43.5; -80
QuadrangleVictoria quadrangle
Diameter275 km
EponymVyasa

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

References
  1. "Vyāsa (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them, by Peter Grego. 2008.


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