Shevchenko (Mercury Crater)
| Crater on Mercury | ||
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| Shevchenko | ||
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| Shevchenko Crater Mosaic from photographs by MESSENGER Image shows an area 250 × 250 km in size; North is up |
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| position | 53 ° 33 ′ S , 46 ° 10 ′ W | |
| surface | approx. 16,000 km² | |
| diameter | 143 km | |
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| Eponym | Taras Shevchenko | |
Shevchenko is an impact crater on the planet Mercury with a diameter of 143.33 km.
The crater was named by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 after the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861). It is located in the south of the planet in the Solitudo Hermae Trismegisti - albedo formation .
Web links
- We Name The Stars - Shevchenko (Mercury )
- View of the south of Mercury with the Shevchenko crater , NASA photojournal (English)
- USGS : Mercury: Shevchenko. Retrieved March 4, 2016 .
Photo mosaic made from images from the Mariner 10 mission. The Shevchenko crater is in the center of the picture.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mercury Gazetteer page 105 , accessed March 4, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Solitudo Hermae Trismegisti on Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, accessed on March 4, 2017 (English)