Mercurius (moon crater)

Mercury
Mercurius with Lacus Spei and Zeno ( LROC -WAC)
position	46.64 °  N , 66 °  E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '24 "  N , 66 ° 0' 0"  E
diameter	64 km
depth	3600 m
Card sheet	28 (PDF)
Named after	Mercury
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Mercurius is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It lies north of the lava plain of Lacus Spei and west of the large Zeno crater . The wall is terraced and moderately eroded, the interior is flat.

List of minor craters of Mercurius

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	47.87 °  N , 73.1 °  E	19 km	[1]
B.	47.42 °  N , 69.77 °  E	12 km	[2]
C.	47.57 °  N , 59.65 °  E	29 km	[3]
D.	46.1 °  N , 68.82 °  E	69 km	[4]
E.	49.79 °  N , 73.37 °  O	27 km	[5]
F.	45.18 °  N , 62.77 °  O	16 km	[6]
G	45.09 °  N , 64.19 °  O	14 km	[7]
H	49.17 °  N , 63.45 °  O	10 km	[8th]
J	47.13 °  N , 58.96 °  O	10 km	[9]
K	47.33 °  N , 72.89 °  O	19 km	[10]
L.	45.88 °  N , 64.2 °  E	12 km	[11]
M.	50.83 °  N , 74.09 °  O	42 km	[12]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after Mercurius , the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.

Web links

• Mercurius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Mercurius on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .