Bach (crater)

Bach (crater)

Mercury crater data
latitude=69
N_or_S=S
longitude=103
E_or_W=W
diameter=225 km
eponym=Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach is a double-ringed impact basin centered in the Bach quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater.


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