Handel (crater)

Handel

MESSENGER WAC image of Handel
Feature type	Peak-ring impact basin
Location	Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	3°24′N33°48′W / 3.4°N 33.8°W / 3.4; -33.8
Diameter	166 km (103 mi)
Eponym	George Frideric Handel

Handel is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 166 kilometers. ^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Handel is named for the British-German composer George Frideric Handel, who lived from 1685 to 1759. ^[2]

Handel is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. ^[3]

Handel is located northeast of the small crater Dominici, which itself is within the large crater Homer. To the north of Handel is Yeats crater.

References

1. Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN   0-7503-0620-3.
2. "Handel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 2 July 2012.
3. Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.