Gluck (crater)

Gluck

Exaggerated color image from MESSENGER
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Victoria quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	37°57′N18°47′W / 37.95°N 18.78°W / 37.95; -18.78
Diameter	100 km (62 mi)
Eponym	Christoph Willibald Gluck

Sunrise on Gluck crater over 48 hrs. Acquired by MESSENGER on seven separate orbits in 2012.

Gluck is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 100 kilometers. ^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Gluck is named for the Austrian composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, who lived from 1714 to 1787. ^[2] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[3]

To the north of Gluck is Echegaray crater. To the west is Holbein, and to the southeast is Vlaminck.

References

1. Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN   0-7503-0620-3.
2. "Gluck". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS . Retrieved 21 August 2022.
3. Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN   978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.