Africanus Horton (crater)

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MESSENGER NAC image of Africanus Horton
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationDiscovery quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates50°58′S 41°11′W / 50.96°S 41.19°W / -50.96; -41.19
Diameter140 km
EponymAfricanus Horton
Mosaic of MESSENGER images

Africanus Horton is a circular impact crater on Mercury.[1] It was named by the IAU in 1976,[2] after Africanus Horton, a Creole African nationalist writer and an esteemed medical surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone.[3]

The crater Andal is to the northeast of Africanus Horton, and Shevchenko is to the southwest. The crater Rameau and Discovery Rupes are to the southeast.

References

  1. ^ "Africanus Horton". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  2. ^ "Africanus Horton". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ London, King's College. "Africanus Horton". King's College London. Retrieved 2024-05-15.


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