Lysippus (crater)

Lysippus is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 140 kilometers.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Lysippus is named for the Greek sculptor Lysippos, who lived in the 4th century BCE.^[2]

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