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Crater on Mercury Crater on Mercury
Monk
MESSENGER image of Egonu (left) and Monk (right) craters
PlanetMercury
Coordinates66°05′N 296°11′W / 66.08°N 296.19°W / 66.08; -296.19
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter12 km
EponymThelonious Monk
MESSENGER NAC image of Monk

Monk is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after American jazz musician and composer Thelonious Monk.

References

  1. "Monk". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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