L'Engle_(crater)

L'Engle (crater)

L'Engle (crater)

Crater on Mercury

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.[1]

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L'Engle has a crater floor that is in permanent shadow.[2] So do nearby craters Chao Meng-Fu (at the south pole), Lovecraft, and Hurley.

References

  1. [1]
    "L'Engle". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    ILLUMINATION MAP OF MERCURY'S SOUTH POLE, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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