![]() ObliqueMariner 10 image with Bach at center | |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Bach quadrangle,Mercury |
Coordinates | 69°52′S103°01′W / 69.86°S 103.01°W /-69.86; -103.01 |
Diameter | 214 km |
Eponym | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Bach is a double-ringedimpact basin within theBach quadrangle ofMercury. It was named by theIAU in 1976.[1] The crater was first imaged byMariner 10 in 1974.[2]
Bach is one of 110peak ring basins on Mercury.[3]
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