Astronomers have named craters on Mercury named Warhol and Magritte
In addition to these famous names, topography of the planet has long been decorated with the names of Raphael, Van Gogh and Picasso
Crater "Warhol", the planet Mercury
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among the staff of the International Astronomical Union (International Astronomical Union) a lot of fans and connoisseurs of art: the idea of such names suggest that this organization assigns cosmic bodies and bending space of the landscape.
Last April, for example, the beautiful art names were assigned to 23 craters of Mercury. The body of the planet, among others, graced the crater Magritte (Magritta) and the crater Warhol (Warhol). The latter, apparently, according to the merit of the artist, is quite impressive and is about one hundred kilometers in diameter. The name of Warhol's art inspired by the exploits of astronomers: the image of the crater it is available in four colors - in the style favored by the master. Crater Warhol, according to scientists, unusual elongated shape, its surface, which probably represents a frozen lava, smooth and dotted with numerous cavities.
Mercury and before that was like an art gallery works by old masters and modernists: there were craters Cézanne (Cezanne), Matisse (Matisse), Picasso (Picasso), Rafael (Raphael), Van Gogh (Van Gogh) and Van Eyck (Van Eyck). Now, in a meeting space is also the name of the representative of Contemporary Art, as Andy Warhol Museum proudly announced to all admirers of the artist in his Twitter.
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