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Tintoretto (crater)

Coordinates: 47°59′S 22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95
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Tintoretto
Mariner 10 image with Tintoretto left of center
PlanetMercury
Coordinates47°59′S 22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter94 km (58 mi)
EponymTintoretto

Tintoretto is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Italian painter Tintoretto.[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[2]

Tintoretto is west of the larger crater Sōtatsu and southwest of Po Ya crater.

MESSENGER image

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tintoretto". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.