| Lessing | |
| Location: | Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury |
| Type: | Impact crater |
| Coordinates: | -28.5°N -90.34°W |
| 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.