Sophocles is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Greek dramatist Sophocles.[1]
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 6°57′S 146°02′W / 6.95°S 146.04°W |
Quadrangle | Tolstoj |
Diameter | 142 km (88 mi) |
Eponym | Sophocles |
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Zeami crater is to the north of Sophocles, and Goya is to the west.
References
edit- ^ "Sophocles". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.