Rubens (crater)

Rubens
Oblique MESSENGER WAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates60°35′N 77°59′W / 60.58°N 77.99°W / 60.58; -77.99
QuadrangleVictoria
Diameter158 km (98 mi)
EponymPeter Paul Rubens

Rubens is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, after Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens.[1]

The crater Monteverdi is to the north of Rubens. Stravinsky is to the south and Duccio is to the east.

References

  1. ^ "Rubens". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 14 March 2021.