Lysippus is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Lysippus is named for the Greek sculptor Lysippos, who lived in the 4th century BCE.[2] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[3]

Lysippus it is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[4]

To the north of Lysippus is Thoreau crater, and to the east is Vieira da Silva crater.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Lysippus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.
  4. ^ Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysippus_(crater)
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