Equiano

MESSENGER NAC image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	40°00′S 30°35′W / 40.0°S 30.59°W / -40.0; -30.59
Quadrangle	Discovery
Diameter	102.0 km (63.4 mi)
Eponym	Olaudah Equiano

Equiano is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 102 kilometers.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Equiano is named for the abolitionist writer Olaudah Equiano, who lived from 1750 to 1797.^[2]

Equiano has patches of bright material near its central peak, and these may be hollows.

To the northeast of Equiano is Mofolo crater, and to the northwest is Neumann crater.

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  Higher resolution view showing the hollows around the central peak
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  Neumann (left foreground), Equiano (right), and Mofolo (upper left) craters. The crater in upper right is unnamed.