Tintoretto (crater)

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PlanetMercury
Coordinates47°59′S 22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95
Diameter94 km (58 mi)
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

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