Mendelssohn is a crater on

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. Its name was adopted by the

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(IAU) on April 24, 2012. Mendelssohn is named for the German composer Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn. The floor of Mendelssohn is covered by smooth plains materials which are created by extrusive volcanism. A confirmed ''dark spot'' is present in north-central Mendelssohn, around a crater of 19 km diameter. The crater excavated low reflectance material (LRM).Zhiyong Xiao, Robert G. Strom, David T. Blewett, Paul K. Byrne, Sean C. Solomon, Scott L. Murchie, Ann L. Sprague, Deborah L. Domingue, Jörn Helbert, 2013. ''Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows''. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.
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/ref> Hollows are present within the crater. On the east rim of Mendelssohn is the crater

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. File:Kofi and Mendelsohn craters EN0108828794M.jpg, Oblique view of Mendelssohn and

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craters from MESSENGER's first flyby in January 2008 File:Mendelssohn crater EW0231567383G TwoTerrains.map.jpg, Southern rim of Mendelssohn crater File:Mendelssohn crater interior EW0234240499G.jpg, Mendelssohn crater interior. The crater at top is associated with a ''dark spot'' and contains hollows File:Crater within Mendelssohn crater hollows EN0249499289M.jpg, Hollows within the crater

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