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Crater on Mercury
Munch
}Image of Munch and surrounding regions. The yellow arrows in the bottom inset indicate the rim of Caloris basin
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationRaditladi quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates40°29′N 207°11′W / 40.48°N 207.18°W / 40.48; -207.18
Diameter58 km (36 mi)
EponymEdvard Munch
MESSENGER NAC mosaic

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.

Munch is west of Sander and Poe craters, within the Caloris basin.

References

  1. Mercury's Munch Crater. Anne's Astronomy News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2013.
  2. "Munch". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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