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Karsh (crater)
Karsh
is a
crater
on
Mercury
. It has a
diameter
of
58
kilometers
. Its name was
suggested
by
American
resident
Elizabeth Freeman
Rosenzweig
in a
naming
contest
which was eventually
adopted
by the
International Astronomical Union
on
2015
. Karsh is named for the
Armenian-Canadian
photographer
Yousuf Karsh
.
Karsh
lies
on
the west
rim
of the much larger
Rembrandt
basin
.