Unkei (crater)

Unkei

MESSENGER NAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	31.79°S 62.6°W / -31.79; -62.6
Quadrangle	Discovery
Diameter	121 km
Eponym	Unkei

Unkei is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976, after the Japanese sculptor Unkei.[1]

The peak-ring basin Chekhov is to the south of Unkei.

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  Mariner 10 image with Unkei in upper left
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  Another MESSENGER image

References

1. "Unkei". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 15 January 2020.