Sontag (crater)
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Sontag is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union The International Astronomical Union (IAU; , UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and developmen ...
(IAU) on August 13, 2024, for the American novelist and essayist
Susan Sontag Susan Lee Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on "Camp", Notes on 'Ca ...
, who lived from 1933 to 2004. Sontag lies within
Caloris Planitia Caloris Planitia is a plain within a large impact basin on Mercury, informally named Caloris, about in diameter. It is one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System. "Calor" is Latin for "heat" and the basin is so-named because the Sun ...
, northeast of the center of the basin. Sontag crater EN0233221837M.jpg, Sontag crater, with hollows at center Sontag crater EN0233221689M.jpg, Sontag crater including its border with the unnamed crater to the northwest


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