Planet Mercury Eponym Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Diameter 411 km | |
Dostoevskij (sometimes Dostoevskii) is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 411 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Dostoevskij is named for the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who lived from 1821 to 1881.
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