Wergeland (crater)
Appearance
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 37°56′S 56°22′W / 37.93°S 56.36°W |
Quadrangle | Discovery |
Diameter | 42 km |
Eponym | Henrik Arnold Wergeland |
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Wergeland is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Norwegian poet Henrik Arnold Wergeland.[1]
Hollows are present within Wergeland.
The peak-ring basin Chekhov is to the west of Wergeland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wergeland". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.