List of craters on Mercury

Mercurian: 414 craters (7.9%)List of craters on the MoonList of craters on MarsList of craters on VenusOthers: 1,198 craters (22.9%)
  •   Mercurian: 414 craters (7.9%)
  •   Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.1%)
  •   Martian: 1,092 craters (20.9%)
  •   Venusian: 900 craters (17.2%)
  •   Others: 1,198 craters (22.9%)
Distribution of named craters in the Solar System as of 2017.[2][3][4][5][a]

This is a list of named craters on Mercury, the innermost planet of the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Mercury).[2] Most Mercurian craters are named after famous writers, artists and composers. According to the rules by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, all new craters must be named after an artist that was famous for more than fifty years, and dead for more than three years, before the date they are named.[6] Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as "basins" (also see § Terminology).[7][8]

As of 2021, there are 414 named Mercurian craters,[2] a small fraction of the total number of named Solar System craters, most of which are lunar, Martian and Venerian craters.[3][4][5][a]

Other, non-planetary bodies with numerous named craters include Callisto (141), Ganymede (131), Rhea (128), Vesta (90), Ceres (90), Dione (73), Iapetus (58), Enceladus (53), Tethys (50) and Europa (41). For a full list, see List of craters in the Solar System.

Map of named mercury craters
  1. ^ "IAU - Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Mercury". US Geological Survey. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
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