Heine | |
Location: | Shakespeare quadrangle, Mercury |
Type: | Impact crater |
Coordinates: | 32.46°N -124.88°W |
Eponym: | Heinrich Heine |
Heine is a crater on Mercury, with a diameter of 73 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Heine is named for the German poet Heinrich Heine, who lived from 1797 to 1856.[2]
Heine crater is to the southeast of the prominent Degas crater, and is overlain by rays and secondary craters from Degas. Heine is on the southwestern margin of Sobkou Planitia.