Molière (crater)
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| Molière (crater) | |
 A black and white detail from a map of an area on Mercury including Molière, from Mariner 10 imagery. |
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| Coordinates | 15.6° N, 16.9° W |
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| Diameter | 132 km |
| Eponym | Jean Baptiste Poquelin |
Molière is an impact crater on the planet Mercury, 132 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 15.6°N, 16.9°W, south of the crater Rodin, southeast of the crater Abu Nuwas, and northeast of the crater Asvaghosa. The nearly circular rim of the crater is cut off into a flat edge on its southern and southwestern ends, and on its eastern side the rim is indented by a smaller crater. The crater is named for the 17th century French dramatist and satirist Molière. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results. USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved on October 26, 2007.
- ^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
