Mercator

Summary

Mercator is an impact crater^[1]. Mercator ranks in the top 7% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercator's image is recorded as Mercator crater 4131 h3.jpg^[3].
• Mercator's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].
• Gerardus Mercator is named after Mercator^[5].
• Mercator's location is recorded as LQ19^[6].
• Mercator's Commons category is recorded as Mercator (crater)^[7].
• Mercator's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[8].
• Mercator's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.25, 'lon': -26.11}^[9].
• Mercator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2nd^[10].
• Mercator's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+46.3'}^[11].
• Mercator's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 3849^[12].
• Mercator's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1800'}^[13].

Body

Designation and Status

Mercator's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[4].

History and Context

Gerardus Mercator is named after Mercator^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mercator include Rupes Mercator^[14], a rupes^[15].

Why It Matters

Mercator ranks in the top 7% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] Mercator has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16]

Entities named for Mercator include Rupes Mercator^[14], a rupes^[15].