Vyāsa (crater)

Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Indian poet Vyasa.

Vyāsa
PlanetMercury
Coordinates43.5°N 80°W / 43.5; -80
QuadrangleVictoria
Diameter275 km (171 mi)
EponymVyasa

Vyāsa is an ancient crater, overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.

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