Munch (crater)
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Crater on Mercury
| } Image of Munch and surrounding regions. The yellow arrows in the bottom inset indicate the rim of Caloris basin | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 40°29′N 207°11′W / 40.48°N 207.18°W / 40.48; -207.18 |
| Diameter | 58 km (36 mi)[1] |
| Eponym | Edvard Munch |
Munch is a crater on Mercury. It was discovered on the first flyby of Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft on 14 January 2008, and was named after Edvard Munch a Norwegian painter, printmaker, and draftsman (1863-1944) by the IAU in November of the same year.[2]
Munch is west of Sander and Poe craters, within the Caloris basin.
References
[edit ]- ^ Mercury's Munch Crater. Anne's Astronomy News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Munch". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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