Dostoevskij (crater)

Dostoevskij

MESSENGER image
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	45°06′S176°24′W / 45.1°S 176.4°W / -45.1; -176.4
Diameter	430 km (270 mi)
Eponym	Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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] It is Tolstojan in age. ^[3]

Just east of Dostoevskij is the crater Brooks.

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  Oblique view also from MESSENGER
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  Regional view with Dostoevskij near top center, in exaggerated color

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.
3. Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.3.

External links

• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mercury in Stereo: Craters Within Craters (12 January 1997)