Disney (crater)

Disney
	MESSENGER image of the crater
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 68°09′S 260°12′W / 68.15°S 260.2°W
Diameter	113 km

Disney crater labeled by NASA

Disney is an impact crater in the H-15 (Bach) Quadrangle of Mercury.^[1] It was approved and adopted by the IAU on Dec 19, 2012.^[2] Disney is 113 km (70 mi) in diameter. This crater was named after Walt Disney (Walter Elias), the American entrepreneur, voice actor, film producer, and animator. Disney is one of many craters named after notable art figures; per the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Mercury's craters are all named after a famous artist, composer, or writer who was influential for more than 50 years and deceased for more than three years at the time the crater was named.^[3] Disney was named months after NASA acknowledged it for its resemblance to Micky Mouse.^[4]

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[1] Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. "Map of the H-15 (Bach) Quadrangle of Mercury". https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/H-15.pdf.

[2] "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Disney on Mercury". https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15079.

[3] "International Astronomical Union | IAU". https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1506/.

[4] "NASA - Mickey Mouse Spotted on Mercury!" (in en). https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/messenger_orbit_image20120615_1.html.

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Disney (crater)

Topic: Astronomy

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