Africanus Horton (crater)
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 50°58′S 41°11′W / 50.96°S 41.19°WCoordinates: 50°58′S 41°11′W / 50.96°S 41.19°W |
Quadrangle | Discovery |
Diameter | 140 km |
Eponym | Africanus Horton |
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Mosaic of MESSENGER images
Africanus Horton is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1976,[1] after Africanus Horton, a Creole African nationalist writer and an esteemed medical surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone.
References[]
- ^ "Africanus Horton". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
Categories:
- Discovery quadrangle
- Astrogeology stubs
- Mercury (planet) stubs
- Impact craters on Mercury