Rabelais (crater)

Rabelais is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 154 kilometres (96 miles). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Rabelais is named for the French writer François Rabelais.[1]

Rabelais
PlanetMercury
Coordinates60.53°S 61.81°W / -60.53; -61.81
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter154 km (96 mi)
EponymFrançois Rabelais

References
  1. "Rabelais". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 29 July 2021.


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