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Wagner

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Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	68°06′S 114°42′W / 68.1°S 114.7°W / -68.1; -114.7
Quadrangle	Bach
Diameter	134 km (84 mi)
Eponym	Richard Wagner

Wagner is an impact crater in the south polar region of the planet Mercury. It was named after the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883) in 1976, as recognized by the International Astronomical Union. It is located in the Bach quadrangle, between Bach and Chopin.

Wagner is one of several craters on Mercury named after famous composers. Other examples include Brahms (after Johannes Brahms), Scarlatti (after Domenico Scarlatti), and Couperin (after Francois Couperin). A number of Mercurian craters are named after historic cultural figures from different fields, including literature, philosophy, and art, but others feature names from popular culture, including Walt Disney and Muddy Waters.

Notes

1. IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, Wagner, accessed 20 December 2015
2. IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, Map of the H-15 (Bach) Quadrangle of Mercury, accessed 20 December 2014
3. "Map of Shakespeare quadrangle" (PDF). IAU. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
4. "Nomenclature: Mercury, craters". IAU. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
5. Rannals, Lee (21 December 2012). "Disney name goes interplanetary with impact crater identity". redorbit. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

v t e Richard Wagner
List of works for the stage List of compositions List of prose works
Complete operas	Early works Die Feen Das Liebesverbot Rienzi Romantic operas Der fliegende Holländer Tannhäuser Lohengrin Music dramas Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung Tristan und Isolde Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Parsifal
Non-operatic music	Symphony in C major (1832) Polonia Overture (1836) Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843) Faust Overture (1840, rev. 1855) Wesendonck Lieder (1858) Siegfried Idyll (1870) Kaisermarsch
Writings	"Art and Revolution" "The Artwork of the Future" "Autobiographic Sketch" "A Communication to My Friends" "Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewishness in Music)" Leubald Mein Leben "Music of the Future" Opera and Drama
Other opera	Opera excerpts "Bridal Chorus" "Ride of the Valkyries" "Liebestod" Unfinished operas Die Laune des Verliebten (1830) Die Hochzeit (1832) Männerlist größer als Frauenlist (1838) Wieland der Schmied (1850; text only) Die Sieger (1858; text only) Inventions Holztrompete Wagner tuba
Bayreuth Festival	Bayreuther Blätter Bayreuth canon Bayreuth Circle Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Bayreuth Festspielhaus Jahrhundertring Richard Wagner Foundation
Wagner family	Isolde Beidler Eva Chamberlain Houston Stewart Chamberlain Ludwig Geyer Cosima Wagner Katharina Wagner Minna Wagner Nike Wagner Siegfried Wagner Wieland Wagner Winifred Wagner Wolfgang Wagner Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Cultural depictions	Wagner Dream (opera) Wagner (1983 film) Wagner's Dream (2012 film) Wahnfried (1986 film) Film adaptations Parsifal (1904 film) Parsifal (1982 film)
Named for Wagner	Richard Wagner Monument Richard Wagner Memorial Bust of Richard Wagner Wagner (crater) Wagner Ice Piedmont 3992 Wagner
Related	The Case of Wagner Gesamtkunstwerk International Association of Wagner Societies Leitmotif List of films using the music of Richard Wagner Musikdrama Nietzsche contra Wagner Parsifal bells The Perfect Wagnerite Rhinemaidens Der Ring in Minden Tristan chord Controversies Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis Museo Wagner Richard Wagner Museum, Lucerne Wahnfried
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