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Tintoretto (crater)
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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]
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 47.99°S 22.95°W / -47.99; -22.95 |
Quadrangle | Discovery |
Diameter | 94 km (58 mi) |
Eponym | Tintoretto |
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Tintoretto is west of the larger crater Sōtatsu and southwest of Po Ya crater.
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