Zeami (crater)

Zeami
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates2°58′S 147°25′W / 2.96°S 147.41°W / -2.96; -147.41
QuadrangleTolstoj
Diameter129 km (80 mi)
EponymZeami Motokiyo

Zeami is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Japanese dramatist and playwright Zeami Motokiyo.[1]

Hollows are present within Zeami.

The crater Stevenson is to the northeast of Zeami. Sophocles is to the south, and Goya is to the southwest.

  1. ^ "Zeami". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.