Sullivan is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, and is named for the American architect Louis Sullivan.[1]
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Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Beethoven quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 16°11′S 86°53′W / 16.19°S 86.88°W |
Diameter | 153.23 km |
Eponym | Louis Sullivan |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sullivan_crater_EN0108821402M.jpg/240px-Sullivan_crater_EN0108821402M.jpg)
Sullivan is west of the smaller but younger Futabatei crater.
References
edit- ^ "Sullivan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 12 August 2020.