Sher-Gil (crater)

Sher-Gil
MESSENGER image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates45°16′S 225°16′W / 45.26°S 225.26°W / -45.26; -225.26
QuadrangleNeruda
Diameter77 km (48 mi)
EponymAmrita Sher-Gil

Sher-Gil is a crater on Mercury, named by the International Astronomical Union in 2016 after the Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil. Hollows are present. To its southwest is Neruda crater.

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