page_title: Alencar (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Alencar (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Oblique view of Alencar crater on Mercury. MESSENGER Narrow Angle Camera. North is to the left. Emission Angle: 28.7 Incidence Angle: 75.3 Latitude: -62.8 Longitude: 255.2 Phase Angle: 46.6
context_page_description: Alencar is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 120 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Alencar is named for the Brazilian novel writer José de Alencar, who lived from 1829-1877.
  Alencar is located to the north of the larger crater Bach.
context_section_description: Alencar is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 120 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979. Alencar is named for the Brazilian novel writer José de Alencar, who lived from 1829-1877.
  Alencar is located to the north of the larger crater Bach.
caption: Oblique view of Alencar crater
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