Homer is a crater on Mercury. It is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury. Deposits of material in and around this crater suggest the possibility of explosive volcanic eruptions at some point in the planet's history. An unnamed crater in northwestern Homer (about 18 km diameter) contains hollows and has dark ejecta. The crater name was approved by the

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in 1976. The naming of Stark Y crater on the moon, located northwest of Stark, as ''Homer'', was not approved by the IAU.SEDS: Homer (c. bet. 800 and 700 B.C.)
/ref> The small but fresh crater Dominici lies along the northern margin of Homer. The crater Handel is to the northeast, and

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is to the southwest. Mariner 10 image 0027359.png, Mariner 10 image of Homer Dominici sidebyside2.jpg, Homer basin is marked with a white circle in the enhanced-color image. Nearby

crater is marked with an arrow. Crater in Homer crater EN0258603178M.jpg, Unnamed crater in northwestern Homer which contains hollows and has dark ejecta.

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