Michelangelo (crater) explained

Michelangelo
Location:	Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury
Type:	Peak-ring impact basin
Coordinates:	-44.92°N -109.69°W
Diameter:	230 km
Eponym:	Michelangelo

Michelangelo is a 230 km diameter impact basin in the Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater. The crater itself was named by the IAU in 1979 after the Italian painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo.^[1]

Michelangelo is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michelangelo . . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . 23 March 2020.
2. 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.