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]

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MESSENGER WAC image of Handel
Feature typePeak-ring impact basin
LocationKuiper quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates3°24′N 33°48′W / 3.4°N 33.8°W / 3.4; -33.8
Diameter166 km (103 mi)
EponymGeorge Frideric Handel

Handel is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.[3]

Handel is located northeast of the small crater Dominici, which itself is within the large crater Homer. To the north of Handel is Yeats crater.

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Handel". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. ^ Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In Mercury: The View After MESSENGER edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9.