Bach (crater)

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Oblique Mariner 10 image with Bach at center
Feature typePeak-ring impact basin
LocationBach quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates69°52′S 103°01′W / 69.86°S 103.01°W / -69.86; -103.01
Diameter214 km
EponymJohann Sebastian Bach

Bach is a double-ringed impact basin within the Bach quadrangle of Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1976.[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[2]

Bach is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bach, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
  2. ↑ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.
  3. ↑ Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.


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