Munch (crater)

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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)[1]
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.[2]

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

  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.