Monk is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2013, after American jazz musician and composer Thelonious Monk.[1]

Monk
MESSENGER image of Egonu (left) and Monk (right) craters
PlanetMercury
Coordinates66°05′N 296°11′W / 66.08°N 296.19°W / 66.08; -296.19
QuadrangleBorealis
Diameter12 km
EponymThelonious Monk
MESSENGER NAC image of Monk

References edit

  1. ^ "Monk". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 26 March 2020.