&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hemingway_crater.png) Hemingway is in the lower right corner of this MESSENGER image, from its second flyby in October 2008 | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 17°30′N 2°54′W / 17.5°N 2.9°W |
| Diameter | 126 km (78 mi) |
| Eponym | Ernest Hemingway |
Hemingway is a crater on Mercury. It has a patch of very dark material located near its center. The dark color is likely due to rocks that have a different mineralogical composition from that of the surrounding surface.[1]
The crater's name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2009. It is named for the American author Ernest Hemingway.[2][why?]
The small crater Makeba is southeast of Hemingway.
- ^ A Patch of Black (2009), NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
- ^ "Hemingway". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 5 June 2020.