Stravinsky (crater)

Stravinsky

Oblique MESSENGER WAC image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	50°30′N 73°00′W / 50.5°N 73°W / 50.5; -73Coordinates: 50°30′N 73°00′W / 50.5°N 73°W / 50.5; -73
Quadrangle	Victoria
Diameter	170 km
Eponym	Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky is a crater on Mercury. It overlays the rim of the much older Vyāsa crater. It was named by the IAU in 1979 for the influential Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.^[1]

To the north of Stravinsky is the crater Rubens, and to the southwest is Vyāsa.

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  Detail of interior at low sun angle

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  Approximate color image of eastern Stravinsky, showing bluish color of central peak

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