Stoddart (crater)

Stoddart
	MESSENGER mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	12°10′S85°40′W / 12.17°S 85.66°W
Quadrangle	Beethoven
Diameter	155 km (96 mi)
Eponym	Margaret Stoddart

Last updated April 21, 2025

Stoddart is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 26, 2024, for the New Zealand painter Margaret Stoddart, who lived from 1865 to 1934.^[1]

Stoddart is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[2]

The crater Snorri is to the northeast of Stoddart. Sullivan and Futabatei are to the south.

Central Stoddart crater (inner ring)
Unnamed crater on east rim

References

↑ "Stoddart". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 4 September 2024.
↑ Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.

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[1] "Stoddart". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[2] Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.

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