Riemenschneider (crater)

Riemenschneider is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Riemenschneider is named for the German sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider.[1]

Riemenschneider
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates52.75°S 99.95°W / -52.75; -99.95
QuadrangleMichelangelo
Diameter183 km
EponymTilman Riemenschneider
Sūr Dās crater (below center) and Riemenschneider crater (above center), from MESSENGER's first flyby in 2008

References
  1. "Riemenschneider". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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