Dostoevskij (crater)

Dostoevskij
	MESSENGER image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	45°06′S 176°24′W / 45.1°S 176.4°WCoordinates: 45°06′S 176°24′W / 45.1°S 176.4°W
Quadrangle	Michelangelo
Diameter	430 km
Eponym	Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Oblique view also from MESSENGER

Dostoevskij (sometimes Dostoevskii) is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 430 kilometers.^[1]^[2] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Dostoevskij is named for the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who lived from 1821 to 1881.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Dostoevskij". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.

External links[]

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mercury in Stereo: Craters Within Craters (12 January 1997)

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[gpn-1] "Dostoevskij". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

[2] Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.

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