Lessing (crater)

Lessing
	MESSENGER NAC image of Lessing
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	28°30′S 90°20′W / 28.50°S 90.34°W
Diameter	95 km (59 mi)
Eponym	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Lessing is a crater on Mercury.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985. Lessing is named for the German writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, who lived from 1729 to 1781.^[2]

Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.

References

^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
^ "Lessing". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 20 November 2022.