Tung Yüan (crater)

PlanetMercury

Coordinates75°01′N 62°50′W / 75.02°N 62.83°W / 75.02; -62.83

QuadrangleBorealis

Diameter60.46 km

Tung Yüan

MESSENGER image
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	75°01′N 62°50′W / 75.02°N 62.83°W / 75.02; -62.83
Quadrangle	Borealis
Diameter	60.46 km
Eponym	Tung Yüan

Tung Yüan is a crater on Mercury, within the Borealis Planitia. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979, for the 10th century Chinese painter Tung Yüan.^[1]

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