Kerouac (crater)

Kerouac
	MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	25°13′N 230°54′W / 25.21°N 230.9°WCoordinates: 25°13′N 230°54′W / 25.21°N 230.9°W
Quadrangle	Raditladi
Diameter	110 km
Eponym	Jack Kerouac

Kerouac at a high sun angle. North is in upper left.

Kerouac is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2015, after American author and poet Jack Kerouac.^[1]

Kerouac is located west of the Caloris Basin. To the west of Kerouac is the peak-ring basin Raditladi.

References[]

^ Kerouac, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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[1] Kerouac, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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