Stein Crater, Venus
Posted by: Squirreleen
N 48° 51.637 E 002° 23.966
31U E 455950 N 5412135
A crater on Venus named after Gertrude Stein, writer and American Ex-patriot, 1874-1946. This is her grave in Pere Lachaise, Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WM43JJ
Location: France
Date Posted: 07/02/2008
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All craters on Venus, the Roman goddess of love and arts, are named after women. This crater is named after the American author Gertrude Stein who chronicled the early 20th century abstract painting movement in Paris. Her best known work is "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," which is not an autobiography but was written from the perspective of her life-long companion. For more information about Gertrude Stein, the author, see
her wikipedia entry.
The Stein crater is a medium-sized crater on the southern hemisphere of Venus.
Latidute: -30.1
Longitude: 345.5
Diameter: 13.3 km
See also
the wikipedia entry regarding craters on Venus.