Hiroshige (crater)
Appearance
Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 13°20′S 26°58′W / 13.34°S 26.96°W |
Diameter | 138 km |
Eponym | Andō Hiroshige |
Hiroshige is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, after the Japanese artist Andō Hiroshige.[1]
Hiroshige is east of the craters Murasaki and Kuiper. Kuiper's rays overlie Hiroshige.
References
- ^ "Hiroshige". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.