Sher-Gil (crater)

Sher-Gil
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates45°16′S 225°16′W / 45.26°S 225.26°W / -45.26; -225.26
QuadrangleNeruda
Diameter77 km (48 mi)
EponymAmrita Sher-Gil
Neruda and Sher-Gil craters

Sher-Gil is a crater on Mercury, named by the International Astronomical Union in 2016 after the Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil.[1] Hollows are present.[2] To its southwest is Neruda crater.

  1. ^ "Sher-Gil". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ UNCOVERING A DARK PAST, MESSENGER Featured Image Database, 1 March 2012