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Callicrates_(crater) Latitude and Longitude:

66°31′S 30°22′W / 66.51°S 30.37°W / -66.51; -30.37
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Callicrates
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 66°31′S 30°22′W / 66.51°S 30.37°W / -66.51; -30.37
Quadrangle Bach
Diameter68 km (42 mi)
Eponym Callicrates
Oblique view

Callicrates is a crater on Mercury. [1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Callicrates is named for the Greek architect Callicrates, who lived in the 5th century BCE. [2]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN  0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Callicrates". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 11 March 2022.