Mendelssohn (crater)

Mendelssohn
	MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	70°19′N 257°41′W / 70.31°N 257.68°WCoordinates: 70°19′N 257°41′W / 70.31°N 257.68°W
Quadrangle	Borealis
Diameter	291 km
Eponym	Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on April 24, 2012. Mendelssohn is named for the German composer Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn.^[1]

The floor of Mendelssohn is covered by smooth plains materials which are created by extrusive volcanism.^[2]

On the east rim of Mendelssohn is the crater Berry.

Southern rim of Mendelssohn crater

References[]

^ "Mendelssohn". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS/NASA. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ A Tale of Two Terrains, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington. January 8, 2013.

[1] "Mendelssohn". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS/NASA. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[2] A Tale of Two Terrains, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington. January 8, 2013.

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