Gaudí (crater)
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 76°54′N 290°50′W / 76.9°N 290.84°WCoordinates: 76°54′N 290°50′W / 76.9°N 290.84°W |
Quadrangle | Borealis |
Diameter | 81 km |
Eponym | Antoni Gaudí |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Highs_and_Lows_of_Mercury%27s_north_pole_%287009070545%29.jpg/240px-Highs_and_Lows_of_Mercury%27s_north_pole_%287009070545%29.jpg)
Gaudí is left of the center of this projection of part of the northern hemisphere of Mercury showing topography (red is high and blue is low)
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gaud%C3%AD_crater_EW1013667252F.jpg/240px-Gaud%C3%AD_crater_EW1013667252F.jpg)
Oblique view of Gaudí crater
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Categories:
- Borealis quadrangle
- Impact craters on Mercury
- Mercury (planet) stubs