![]() Image of Munch and surrounding regions. The yellow arrows in the bottom inset indicate the rim of Caloris basin | |
Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 40°29′N 207°11′W / 40.48°N 207.18°W |
Diameter | 58 km (36 mi)[1] |
Eponym | Edvard Munch |
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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.