Roerich (crater)
![]() MESSENGER image | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 84°23′S 58°56′W / 84.39°S 58.94°WCoordinates: 84°23′S 58°56′W / 84.39°S 58.94°W |
Quadrangle | Bach |
Diameter | 111.67 km |
Eponym | Nicholas Roerich |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/EN0210472807M_web.png/240px-EN0210472807M_web.png)
Roerich is in lower left of this MESSENGER image. Li Ch'ing-Chao is at the top, and Sadī is right of center.
Roerich is a crater on Mercury, near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after the Russian painter Nicholas Roerich.[1]
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Categories:
- Bach quadrangle
- Impact craters on Mercury
- Mercury (planet) stubs