Lange (crater) explained

Lange
Location:	Eminescu quadrangle, Mercury
Type:	Peak-ring impact basin
Coordinates:	6.4°N -259.59°W
Eponym:	Dorothea Lange

Lange is a crater on Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 2009 after American photographer Dorothea Lange.^[1]

Lange appears to have been flooded by lava, with only faint traces remaining of a buried inner ring.^[2] It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lange . IAU/NASA/USGS. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 11 September 2022.
2. https://archive.today/20120710234833/http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=373 Honoring Haitian Painter Benoit and American Photographer Lange
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.