Vyāsa (crater) explained
Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Indian poet Vyasa. It is Tolstojan in age.[1]
Vyāsa is an ancient crater, overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.[2]
Notes and References
- Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.3.
- Book: https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-0-387-74286-1_2 . 10.1007/978-0-387-74286-1_2 . Our Current Knowledge of Mercury . Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them . Astronomers' Observing Guides . 2008 . Grego . Peter . 9–69 . 978-0-387-74285-4 .
