L'Engle (crater)

L'Engle
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates86°38′S 290°23′W / 86.63°S 290.38°W / -86.63; -290.38
QuadrangleBach
Diameter62 km (39 mi)
EponymMadeleine L'Engle

L'Engle is a crater on Mercury, located near the south pole. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2013, after American author Madeleine L'Engle.

L'Engle has a crater floor that is in permanent shadow. So do nearby craters Chao Meng-Fu (at the south pole), Lovecraft, and Hurley.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.