Munch (crater)

Munch
	Image of Munch and surrounding regions. The yellow arrows in the bottom inset indicate the rim of Caloris basin
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Raditladi quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	40°29′N 207°11′W / 40.48°N 207.18°W
Diameter	58 km (36 mi)
Eponym	Edvard Munch

Munch is a crater on Mercury. It was discovered on the first flyby of Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft on 14 January 2008, and was named after Edvard Munch a Norwegian painter, printmaker, and draftsman (1863-1944) by the IAU in November of the same year.^[2]

Munch is west of Sander and Poe craters, within the Caloris basin.

References

^ Mercury's Munch Crater. Anne's Astronomy News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2013.
^ "Munch". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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[1] Mercury's Munch Crater. Anne's Astronomy News. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 July 2013.

[2] "Munch". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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v t e Edvard Munch
Paintings	List of paintings The Sick Child (versions from 1885 to 1926) Young Girls on a Bridge (versions from 1886 to 1927) Inger on the Beach (1889) Melancholy (1891–1893) Kiss by the Window (1892) Madonna (1892–1895) Starry Night (1893) Love and Pain (1893–1895) The Scream (versions from 1893 to 1910) Anxiety (1894) Ashes (1894–1895) Puberty (1894–1895) Self-Portrait with Cigarette (1895) Jealousy (versions from 1895 to the 1930s) The Kiss (1897) Inheritance (1897–1899) The Dance of Life (1899–1900) Christmas in the Brothel (1903–1904) Caricature Portrait of Tulla Larsen (1905) Morning Yawn (1913) Model by the Wicker Chair (1919–1921) Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed. (1940–1943)
Museums	Munch Museum
Related	Edvard Munch (1974 film) The Other Munch (2018 film) Munch (crater)