Vyāsa (crater)

For other uses, see Vyasa (disambiguation).

Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Hindu poet Vyasa.^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.^[2]

Vyāsa

Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Victoria quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	43.5°N 80°W / 43.5; -80
Diameter	275 km (171 mi)
Eponym	Vyasa

Vyāsa is Tolstojan in age.^[3] It is overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.^[4]

Central Vyāsa crater