Africanus Horton (crater)

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]

Africanus Horton
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MESSENGER NAC image of Africanus Horton
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationDiscovery quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates50.96°S 41.19°W / -50.96; -41.19
Diameter140 km
EponymAfricanus Horton
Mosaic of MESSENGER images

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.

References
  1. "Africanus Horton". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  2. "Africanus Horton". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. London, King's College. "Africanus Horton". King's College London. Retrieved 2024-05-15.


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