Dostoevskij (crater)

Dostoevskij (sometimes Dostoevskii) is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 430 kilometers.[1][2] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Dostoevskij is named for the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who lived from 1821 to 1881.[1]

Dostoevskij
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates45.1°S 176.4°W / -45.1; -176.4
Diameter430 km
EponymFyodor Dostoyevsky
Oblique view also from MESSENGER

References

  1. "Dostoevskij". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.


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