Vonnegut (Mercury Crater)
| Vonnegut | |
|---|---|
| properties | |
| width | 82.72 ° N |
| length | 249.91 ° E |
| diameter | 26.61 km |
| depth | unknown |
| Eponym | Kurt Vonnegut |
Vonnegut is an impact crater on the planet Mercury .
It is located in the so-called Borealis Quadrangle , which encloses the north pole of Mercury up to 65 ° N, and has an average diameter of 26.61 kilometers. The closest crater with proper names is the Yoshikawa crater, just a few kilometers south, with a diameter of 30 kilometers .
On August 4, 2017, it was named after the American writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007). An asteroid in the main belt was named after Vonnegut in 2002 : (25399) Vonnegut .
See also
Web links
- Vonnegut (Merkurkrater) in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)
- Map of the Borealis Quadrangles with surface features with proper names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS ( PDF , 1.47 MB; English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (25399) Vonnegut in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).