Gaudí (crater)

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]

Gaudí
MESSENGER WAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates76.9°N 290.84°W / 76.9; -290.84
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter81 km
EponymAntoni Gaudí

The crater is within Borealis Planitia. The larger crater Stieglitz is due south of Gaudí.

References
  1. "Gaudí". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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