Stieglitz (crater)

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Stieglitz
Stieglitz crater EW0219564014G EW0219648980G EW0219733948G.jpg
Mosaic of MESSENGER WAC images
Planet Mercury
Coordinates 72°32′N292°22′W / 72.54°N 292.37°W / 72.54; -292.37
Quadrangle Borealis
Diameter 100 km (62 mi)
Eponym Alfred Stieglitz
Stieglitz is left of the center of this projection of part of the northern hemisphere of Mercury showing topography (red is high and blue is low) Highs and Lows of Mercury's north pole (7009070545).jpg
Stieglitz is left of the center of this projection of part of the northern hemisphere of Mercury showing topography (red is high and blue is low)

Stieglitz is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz. [1]

Stieglitz is a complex crater, having a central peak.

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The crater Gaudí is due north of Stieglitz, and Strauss is to the southeast.

Oblique view of Stieglitz crater Stieglitz crater EW1046802052G.jpg
Oblique view of Stieglitz crater

References

  1. ↑ "Stieglitz". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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