Apollodorus (crater)

Apollodorus (crater)

Mercury crater data


caption = Apollodorus lies near the center of the Pantheon Fossae trough pattern
latitude = 30.58
N_or_S = N
longitude = 197.01
E_or_W = W
diameter = 41.0 km
depth =
eponym = Apollodorus of Damascus

Apollodorus is a crater on Mercury. It is located near the center of Pantheon Fossae, and it is not currently known whether it played a role in the fossae's formation or if its location is merely a coincidence.

Apollodorus of Damascus is credited as being the architect of the Pantheon in Rome. [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=182 MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging ] ]

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