Michelangelo (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

| name = Michelangelo

| image = MichelangeloMercurianCrater.jpg

| caption = MESSENGER NAC mosaic of Michelangelo, the namesake of the Michelangelo quadrangle

| location = Michelangelo quadrangle, Mercury

| type = Peak-ring impact basin

| coordinates = {{coord|44.92|S|109.69|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 230 km

| eponym = Michelangelo

}}

Michelangelo is a 230 km diameter impact basin in the Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater. The crater itself was named by the IAU in 1979 after the Italian painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3881 |title = Michelangelo |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |access-date = 23 March 2020}}

Michelangelo is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.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.

File:Michelangelo crater EN0241236952M.jpg|MESSENGER NAC image

File:Michelangelo crater Hawthorne crater EW1026080636G.jpg|Oblique regional view with Michelangelo in right foreground and Hawthorne right of center