Heine (crater)

Heine

MESSENGER NAC mosaic of Heine
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Shakespeare quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	32°28′N124°53′W / 32.46°N 124.88°W / 32.46; -124.88
Diameter	73 km (45 mi)
Eponym	Heinrich Heine

Heine is a crater on Mercury. ^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Heine is named for the German poet Heinrich Heine, who lived from 1797 to 1856. ^[2] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[3]

Heine crater is to the southeast of the prominent Degas crater, and is overlain by rays and secondary craters from Degas. Heine is on the southwestern margin of Sobkou Planitia.

Mariner 10 image with Heine near center and Degas in upper left

References

1. Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN   0-7503-0620-3.
2. "Heine". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 4 September 2022.
3. Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN   978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.