Lessing (crater)
Lessing is a crater on Mercury. 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.
Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.
References
- ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
- ^ "Lessing". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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