Holst is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the

International Astronomical Union The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreac ...

(IAU) on April 24, 2012. Holst is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. To the east is another peak-ring basin,

Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bo ...

, of similar size. Holst lies near the center of the ancient

Lennon-Picasso Basin The Lennon-Picasso Basin is an ancient (Pre-Tolstoj (crater), Tolstojan) impact basin on Mercury (planet), Mercury, discovered from topographic mapping of the surface by the MESSENGER spacecraft. It is approximately 1450 km in diameter and ...

. Holst is named for the British composer Gustav Theodore Holst. Holst composed a musical suite called ''

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

'', including its third movement ''Mercury, the Winged Messenger''. Holst crater mosaic EN0219644465M EN0219644470M.jpg, MESSENGER NAC mosaic Holst crater MESSENGER WAC IGF to RGB.jpg, Exaggerated color image Holst dark halo crater EN0222233517M.jpg, Closeup of crater with dark halo within the peak ring

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