Sher-Gil (crater)
Appearance
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 45°16′S 225°16′W / 45.26°S 225.26°W |
Quadrangle | Neruda |
Diameter | 77 km (48 mi) |
Eponym | Amrita Sher-Gil |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Neruda_and_Sher-Gil_craters_EN0108828161M.jpg/240px-Neruda_and_Sher-Gil_craters_EN0108828161M.jpg)
Sher-Gil is a crater on Mercury, named by the International Astronomical Union in 2016 after the Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil.[1] Hollows are present.[2] To its southwest is Neruda crater.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sher-Gil". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ UNCOVERING A DARK PAST, MESSENGER Featured Image Database, 1 March 2012