Lessing
MESSENGER NAC
PlanetMercury
Coordinates28°30′S 90°20′W / 28.50°S 90.34°W / -28.50; -90.34
QuadrangleMichelangelo
Diameter95 km (59 mi)
EponymGotthold Ephraim Lessing
MESSENGER mosaic

Lessing is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Lessing is named for the German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who lived from 1729 to 1781.[2]

Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Lessing". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.


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