Fuller (crater)

Feature typeCentral-peak impact crater

LocationBorealis quadrangle, Mercury

Coordinates82°38′N 42°39′W / 82.63°N 42.65°W / 82.63; -42.65

Diameter26.97 km

Fuller

MESSENGER image of Laxness crater (bottom left) and Fuller crater (top right)
Feature type	Central-peak impact crater
Location	Borealis quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	82°38′N 42°39′W / 82.63°N 42.65°W / 82.63; -42.65
Diameter	26.97 km
Eponym	Richard Buckminster Fuller

Fuller is a crater on Mercury, located near the north pole. It was named by the IAU in 2013, after American engineer and architect Richard Buckminster Fuller.^[1]

S band radar data from the Arecibo Observatory collected between 1999 and 2005 indicates a radar-bright area along the southern interior of Fuller, which is probably indicative of a water ice deposit, and lies within the permanently shadowed part of the crater.^[2]

Laxness crater is northwest of Fuller. Both lie in the northern part of the Goethe Basin.