Lessing (crater)

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

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

MESSENGER mosaic

Lessing is south of the larger crater Matisse.