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Crater on Mercury
Kunisada
}MESSENGER image, acquired on its first flyby on 14 January 2008
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationEminescu quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates1°24′N 247°06′W / 1.4°N 247.1°W / 1.4; -247.1
Diameter241 km
EponymUtagawa Kunisada

Kunisada is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 241 km (150 mi). Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2009. Kunisada is named for the Japanese woodblock printer Utagawa Kunisada, who lived from 1786 to 1864.

References

  1. "Kunisada". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
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