Stoddart (crater) explained

Stoddart
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Globe:	Mercury
Coordinates:	-12.17°N -85.66°W
Eponym:	Margaret Stoddart

Stoddart is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 26, 2024, for the New Zealand painter Margaret Stoddart, who lived from 1865 to 1934.^[1]

Stoddart is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[2]

The crater Snorri is to the northeast of Stoddart. Sullivan and Futabatei are to the south.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stoddart . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 4 September 2024.
2. Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.