Yamada (crater)

Yamada
	MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	82°32′N 136°10′E / 82.54°N 136.16°E
Quadrangle	Borealis
Diameter	17.1 km (10.6 mi)
Eponym	Kosaku Yamada

Yamada is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 17.1 kilometres (10.6 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on November 4, 2015. Yamada is named for the Japanese composer and conductor Kosaku Yamada.^[1] The crater was referred to as n5 in scientific literature prior to naming.^[2]

References

^ "Yamada". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ New evidence for surface water ice in small‐scale cold traps and in three large craters at the north polar region of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter, Ariel N. Deutsch, Gregory A. Neumann, James W. Head. 14 September 2017. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 44, Issue 18. doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074723

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[1] "Yamada". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[Deutsch-2] New evidence for surface water ice in small‐scale cold traps and in three large craters at the north polar region of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter, Ariel N. Deutsch, Gregory A. Neumann, James W. Head. 14 September 2017. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 44, Issue 18. doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074723

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