Lessing (crater)
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| } MESSENGER NAC image of Lessing | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Diameter | 95 km (59 mi) |
| Eponym | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing |
Lessing is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Lessing is named for the German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who lived from 1729 to 1781.[2]
Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.
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