Stoddart (crater)

PlanetMercury

Coordinates12°10′S 85°40′W / 12.17°S 85.66°W / -12.17; -85.66

QuadrangleBeethoven

Diameter155 km (96 mi)

Stoddart

MESSENGER mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	12°10′S 85°40′W / 12.17°S 85.66°W / -12.17; -85.66
Quadrangle	Beethoven
Diameter	155 km (96 mi)
Eponym	Margaret Stoddart

Stoddart is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 26, 2024, for the New Zealand painter Margaret Stoddart, who lived from 1865 to 1934.^[1]

Stoddart is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[2]

The crater Snorri is to the northeast of Stoddart. Sullivan and Futabatei are to the south.

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  Central Stoddart crater (inner ring)
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  Unnamed crater on east rim