Vyāsa (crater)
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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 Hindu poet Vyasa.[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[2]
Vyāsa is Tolstojan in age.[3] It is overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.[4]
References
- ^ "Vyāsa (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.
- ^ 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.
