 MESSENGER NAC image | |
| Planet | Mercury |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°58′S 41°11′W / 50.96°S 41.19°W |
| Quadrangle | Discovery |
| Diameter | 140 km |
| Eponym | Africanus Horton |
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Africanus Horton is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1976,[1] after Africanus Horton, a Creole African nationalist writer and an esteemed medical surgeon in the British Army from Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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