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Michelangelo (crater)

Coordinates: 44°55′S 109°41′W / 44.92°S 109.69°W / -44.92; -109.69
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Michelangelo
MESSENGER NAC image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates44°55′S 109°41′W / 44.92°S 109.69°W / -44.92; -109.69
QuadrangleMichelangelo
Diameter230 km
EponymMichelangelo

Michelangelo is a 230 km diameter impact basin in the Michelangelo quadrangle of Mercury, which is named after this crater. The crater itself was named by the IAU in 1979 after the Italian painter, sculptor and architect Michelangelo.[1]

Michelangelo is one of many Peak-ring basins on Mercury.

References

  1. ^ "Michelangelo". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 23 March 2020.


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