Stevenson
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates2°03′N 143°53′W / 2.05°N 143.88°W / 2.05; -143.88
QuadrangleBeethoven
Diameter134 km (83 mi)
EponymRobert 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 is very old and is crisscrossed by chains of secondary impact craters.[2]

The crater Tyagaraja is to the west of Stevenson.

References

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


Categories