Tags: Crater.
Verdi is a relatively young impact crater on the planet Mercury. It was named after Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) in 1979 as recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The crater’s extensive ejecta blanket and secondary crater field are superposed on plains materials and older craters.Verdi lies in the northern section of the Shakespeare quadrangle and is relatively large for a Mercurian crater with a low rim and shallow floor.