Stieglitz (crater)

Stieglitz
Mosaic of MESSENGER WAC images
PlanetMercury
Coordinates72°32′N 292°22′W / 72.54°N 292.37°W / 72.54; -292.37
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter100 km
EponymAlfred Stieglitz

Stieglitz is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz.[1]

Stieglitz is a complex crater, having a central peak.

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The crater Gaudí is due north of Stieglitz, and Strauss is to the southeast.

References

  1. ^ "Stieglitz". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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