Stevenson (crater)

Crater on Mercury

Crater on Mercury

Stevenson

MESSENGER image

Planet| Mercury
Coordinates| 2°03′N 143°53′W﻿ / ﻿2.05°N 143.88°W﻿ / 2.05; -143.88
Quadrangle| Beethoven
Diameter| 134 km (83 mi)
Eponym| Robert Louis Stevenson
Mariner 10 image with Stevenson at lower right.

Stevenson is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[2]

The crater is very old and is crisscrossed by chains of secondary impact craters.[3]

The crater Tyagaraja is to the west of Stevenson.

## References

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1. ^ "Stevenson". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Catalog Page for PIA15781". photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-17.

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