Africanus Horton (crater)
 MESSENGER NAC image of Africanus Horton | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Discovery quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 50°58′S 41°11′W / 50.96°S 41.19°W |
| Diameter | 140 km |
| Eponym | Africanus Horton |
Africanus Horton is a circular impact crater on Mercury.[1] It was named by the IAU in 1976,[2] after Africanus Horton, a Creole African nationalist writer and an esteemed medical surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone.[3]
The crater Andal is to the northeast of Africanus Horton, and Shevchenko is to the southwest. The crater Rameau and Discovery Rupes are to the southeast.
References
- ^ "Africanus Horton". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Africanus Horton". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ London, King's College. "Africanus Horton". King's College London. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
