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.


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