Gaudí (crater)

Gaudí
MESSENGER WAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates76°54′N 290°50′W / 76.9°N 290.84°W / 76.9; -290.84
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter81 km
EponymAntoni Gaudí

Gaudí is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2012, after the Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.[1]

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The larger crater Stieglitz is due south of Gaudí.

References

  1. ^ "Gaudí". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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