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Lessing_(crater) Latitude and Longitude:

28°30′S 90°20′W / 28.50°S 90.34°W / -28.50; -90.34
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Lessing
PlanetMercury
Coordinates 28°30′S 90°20′W / 28.50°S 90.34°W / -28.50; -90.34
Quadrangle Michelangelo
Diameter95 km (59 mi)
Eponym Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
MESSENGER mosaic

Lessing is a crater on Mercury. [1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Lessing is named for the German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who lived from 1729 to 1781. [2]

Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN  0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Lessing". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.