Africanus Horton (crater)
Crater on Mercury
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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]
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationDiscovery quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates50.96°S 41.19°W
Diameter140 km
MESSENGER NAC image of Africanus Horton | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Discovery quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 50.96°S 41.19°W |
| Diameter | 140 km |
| Eponym | Africanus Horton |
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.
