Roerich (crater)

Roerich is a crater on Mercury, near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after the Russian painter Nicholas Roerich.[1]

Roerich
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates84.39°S 58.94°W / -84.39; -58.94
QuadrangleBach
Diameter111.67 km (69.39 mi)
EponymNicholas Roerich
Roerich is in lower left of this MESSENGER image. Li Ch'ing-Chao is at the top, and Sadī is right of center.

To the immediate north of Roerich is Lovecraft crater. Beyond it is Chao Meng-Fu crater, at the south pole.

References

  1. "Roerich". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.


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