Bach (crater)
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Bach is a double-ringed impact basin centered in the Bach quadrangle
of Mercury
, which is named after this crater.
Bach quadrangle
The Bach quadrangle encompasses the south polar part of Mercury poleward of latitude 65° S.-Mariner 10 photography:About half of the region was beyond the terminator during the three Mariner 10 encounters and hence not visible...
of Mercury
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
, which is named after this crater.