Vyāsa (crater)
{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}
{{other uses|Vyasa (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox feature on celestial object
| name = Vyāsa
| image = Vyasa_Stravinsky_Rubens_CN0131774338M_web.png
| location = Victoria quadrangle, Mercury
| type = Impact crater
| coordinates = {{coord|43.5|N|80|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| diameter = {{cvt|275|km}}
| eponym = Vyasa
}}
Vyāsa is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1979, after the Hindu poet Vyasa.{{GPN|6461}} It is Tolstojan in age.Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Prockter, L. M., and Robinson, M. S., 2018. The Geologic History of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 6, Table 6.3.
Vyāsa is an ancient crater, overlain by two much younger craters – Stravinsky and Sholem Aleichem.{{cite book | chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-0-387-74286-1_2 | doi=10.1007/978-0-387-74286-1_2 | chapter=Our Current Knowledge of Mercury | title=Venus and Mercury, and How to Observe Them | series=Astronomers' Observing Guides | year=2008 | last1=Grego | first1=Peter | pages=9–69 | isbn=978-0-387-74285-4 }}
