Tintoretto (crater)

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Tintoretto
Mariner 10 image 0027389.png
Mariner 10 image with Tintoretto left of center
Planet Mercury
Coordinates 47°59′S22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95 Coordinates: 47°59′S22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95
Quadrangle Discovery
Diameter 94 km
Eponym Tintoretto
MESSENGER image Tintoretto crater EN0238827411M.jpg
MESSENGER image

Tintoretto is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Italian painter Tintoretto. [1]

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

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References

  1. "Tintoretto". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 24 January 2020.