![]() MESSENGER WAC | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 13°50′S 72°42′W / 13.83°S 72.70°W |
Quadrangle | Beethoven |
Diameter | 95 km (59 mi) |
Eponym | Gustave Flaubert |
Flaubert is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. Flaubert is named for the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, who lived from 1821 to 1880.[2]
Flaubert is northeast of the large Beethoven basin.

Northern Flaubert crater
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