Molière (crater)

Molière
	Oblique Mariner 10 image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	15.6°N 16.9°W
Diameter	132 km
Eponym	Jean Baptiste Poquelin

Molière is an impact crater on the planet Mercury, 132 kilometers in diameter. It is located at 15.6°N, 16.9°W, south of the crater Rodin, southeast of the crater Abu Nuwas, and northeast of the crater Asvaghosa. The nearly circular rim of the crater is cut off into a flat edge on its southern and southwestern ends, and on its eastern side the rim is indented by a smaller crater. The crater is named for the 17th-century French dramatist and satirist Molière. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.[1][2]

References

"USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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[1] "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved October 26, 2007.

[2] NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.