Handel (crater)
Appearance
Handel is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 166 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Handel is named for the British-German composer George Frideric Handel, who lived from 1685 to 1759.[2]
References
- ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
- ^ "Handel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 July 2012.