Brooks (crater)

Brooks

MESSENGER NAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	45°13′S 168°01′W / 45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02Coordinates: 45°13′S 168°01′W / 45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02
Quadrangle	Michelangelo
Diameter	34 km
Eponym	Gwendolyn Brooks

Brooks is a crater on the southwestern part Mercury. It has a diameter of 34 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2015, and refers to the American poet and novelist Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000).^[1]

Brooks is east of the large crater Dostoevskij.

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