Bach (crater)
![]() Oblique Mariner 10 image with Bach at center | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 69°52′S 103°01′W / 69.86°S 103.01°WCoordinates: 69°52′S 103°01′W / 69.86°S 103.01°W |
Quadrangle | Bach |
Diameter | 214 km |
Eponym | Johann Sebastian Bach |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bach_crater_EN0257034691M.jpg/240px-Bach_crater_EN0257034691M.jpg)
MESSENGER image
Bach is a double-ringed impact basin within in the Bach quadrangle of Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1976.[1]
Bach is one of many peak-ring basins on Mercury.
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Categories:
- Bach quadrangle
- Impact craters on Mercury
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Astrogeology stubs
- Mercury (planet) stubs