Bach (crater)

Bach
	Oblique Mariner 10 image with Bach at center
Feature type	Peak-ring impact basin
Location	Bach quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	69°52′S 103°01′W / 69.86°S 103.01°W
Diameter	214 km
Eponym	Johann Sebastian Bach

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Bach is a double-ringed impact basin within the Bach quadrangle of Mercury. It was named by the IAU in 1976.^[1]

Bach is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.^[2]

MESSENGER image
Bach crater interior

References

^ Bach, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
^ 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.

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[1] Bach, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

[2] 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.

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