Rabelais

About Rabelais

Rabelais is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 154 kilometres. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Rabelais is named for the French writer François Rabelais.

Overview

Rabelais is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of . Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Rabelais is named for the French writer François Rabelais. The crater Ma Chih-Yuan is to the west of Rabelais, Coleridge is to the north, and Khansa is to the east. The scarps of Adventure Rupes are to the south. A scarp that is informally named Rabelais Dorsum cuts across Adventure Rupes. References

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Notable quotes

“Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être; tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée.”
— I am going to seek a grand perhaps; draw the curtain, the farce is played.
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”
— Chapter 29
“You have there hit the nail on the head.”
— Chapter 34
“We will take the good-will for the deed.”
— Chapter 49.
“Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.”
— Chapter 15
“I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.”
— Chapter 28

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