Beethoven (crater)

Beethoven is an impact crater on the planet Mercury. It has a diameter of 625 km and is named after Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven is the eleventh-largest known impact crater in the solar system.

Unlike many other basins of similar size on the moon Beethoven does not have multiple rings. Residual Pyroklastikadecken to parts of Beethoven 's insulation is in their appearance and the edges are poorly defined. The crater wall of Beethoven is hidden under the Pyroklastikadecke and the layer materials. Spudis and Prosser assumed that Beethoven may have the age of a late or an early c3 c2.