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Renoir (crater)
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Renoir is a crater on the planet Mercury. Its name, after the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.[1]
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![]() Renoir crater as seen by the MESSENGER spacecraft | |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury |
Coordinates | 18.34°S 52.01°W / -18.34; -52.01 |
Diameter | 220.0 km (136.7 mi) |
Eponym | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
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