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Wheatley (crater)

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Planet
  
Venus

Eponym
  
Phillis Wheatley

Diameter
  
74.8 km

Wheatley (crater)

Wheatley is a crater on Venus at latitude 16.6, longitude 268 in Asteria Regio. It is 74.8 km in diameter and was named after Phillis Wheatley, the first black writer of note in America (1753-1784).

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Wheatley (crater) Wikipedia