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Boccaccio (crater)
Boccaccio is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 151.95 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Boccaccio is named after the Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, who lived from 1313 to 1375.
References
- ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
- ^ "Boccaccio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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