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Coordinates: 45°13′S 168°01′W / 45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02
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| image_size = 240px
| caption = [[MESSENGER]] NAC
| globe = Mercury
| globe = Mercury
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Revision as of 21:50, 20 February 2022

Brooks
PlanetMercury
Coordinates45°13′S 168°01′W / 45.22°S 168.02°W / -45.22; -168.02
QuadrangleMichelangelo
Diameter34 km
EponymGwendolyn Brooks

Brooks is a crater on the southwestern part Mercury. It has a diameter of 34 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2015, and refers to the American poet and novelist Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Brooks". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 7 February 2019.