Stravinsky (crater)

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Oblique MESSENGER WAC image
Feature typeCentral-peak impact crater
LocationVictoria quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates50°30′N 73°00′W / 50.5°N 73°W / 50.5; -73
Diameter170 km (110 mi)
EponymIgor Stravinsky

Stravinsky is a crater on Mercury. It overlays the rim of the much older Vyāsa crater. It was named by the IAU in 1979 for the influential Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.[1]

To the north of Stravinsky is the crater Rubens, and to the southwest is Vyāsa.

  1. ^ "Stravinsky (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.