Stieglitz (crater)

Stieglitz
Mosaic of MESSENGER WAC images
PlanetMercury
Coordinates72°32′N 292°22′W / 72.54°N 292.37°W / 72.54; -292.37
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter100 km
EponymAlfred Stieglitz
Stieglitz is left of the center of this projection of part of the northern hemisphere of Mercury showing topography (red is high and blue is low)

Stieglitz is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz.[1]

Stieglitz is a complex crater, having a central peak.

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The crater Gaudí is due north of Stieglitz, and Strauss is to the southeast.

Oblique view of Stieglitz crater

References

  1. ^ "Stieglitz". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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