Gainsborough (crater)
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Diameter | 100 km |
Eponym | Thomas Gainsborough |
Gainsborough is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 100 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Gainsborough is named for the English painter Thomas Gainsborough, who lived from 1727 to 1788.[2]
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