Sunrise on Gluck crater over 48 hrs. Acquired by MESSENGER on seven separate orbits in 2012.

Gluck is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 100 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Gluck is named for the Austrian composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, who lived from 1714 to 1787.[2]

To the north of Gluck is Echegaray crater. To the west is Holbein, and to the southeast is Vlaminck.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Gluck". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/NASA/USGS. Retrieved 21 August 2022.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluck_(crater)
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