Li Chʽing-Chao (crater)

Li Chʻing-Chao

MESSENGER NAC image of Li Chʻing-Chao
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Bach quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	77.1°S 73.1°W / -77.1; -73.1
Diameter	61 km
Eponym	Li Qingzhao

Li Chʻing-Chao is at the top of this MESSENGER image. Sadī is right of center, and Roerich is in lower left.

Li Chʻing-Chao is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 61 kilometers.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Li Chʻing-Chao is named for the Chinese poet Li Qingzhao, who lived from 1081 to c. 1141.^[2]

The northern rim of Li Chʻing-Chao is in permanent shadow.^[3]

References

1. Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
2. "Li Chʻing-Chao". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
3. ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington