Homer (crater)

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Homer (crater)
Coordinates 1° S, 36.5° W
Diameter 320 km
Eponym Homer
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Homer is a crater on Mercury.

Deposits of material in and around this crater suggest the possibility of explosive volcanic eruptions at some point in the planet's history.[1]

The naming of a Moon crater Homer at 24.3S, 133.6E was not approved by the IAU.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ PSR Discoveries: Hot Idea: Mercury Unveiled
  2. ^ Homer (c. bet. 800 and 700 B.C.)
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