Zeami (crater)

Zeami is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Japanese dramatist and playwright Zeami Motokiyo.[1]

Zeami
MESSENGER WAC mosaic
PlanetMercury
Coordinates2.96°S 147.41°W / -2.96; -147.41
QuadrangleTolstoj quadrangle
Diameter129 km
EponymZeami Motokiyo

Hollows are present within Zeami.

The crater Stevenson is to the northeast of Zeami. Sophocles is to the south, and Goya is to the southwest.

Views
  • Mariner 10 image with Zeami at center
  • Zeami crater interior
  • Oblique view across northern Zeami crater
  • Detail of hollow in northern Zeami crater

References
  1. "Zeami". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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