Handel
MESSENGER WAC
PlanetMercury
Coordinates3°24′N 33°48′W / 3.4°N 33.8°W / 3.4; -33.8
QuadrangleKuiper
Diameter166 km (103 mi)
EponymGeorge 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 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.


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