Petrarch (crater)

Coordinates: 30°00′S 26°30′W / 30°S 26.5°W / -30; -26.5
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Petrarch
Petrarch is the large crater to the lower left
Mariner 10 image
PlanetMercury
Coordinates30°00′S 26°30′W / 30°S 26.5°W / -30; -26.5
QuadrangleDiscovery
Diameter170 km
EponymPetrarch

Petrarch is a crater on Mercury. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It was named after Petrarch, the medieval Italian poet, by the IAU in 1976.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Petrarch, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
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