Tintoretto (crater)

Tintoretto
	Mariner 10 image with Tintoretto left of center
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	47°59′S 22°57′W / 47.99°S 22.95°W
Quadrangle	Discovery
Diameter	94 km (58 mi)
Eponym	Tintoretto

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]

Tintoretto is west of the larger crater Sōtatsu and southwest of Po Ya crater.

MESSENGER image

References

↑ "Tintoretto". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
↑ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

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[1] "Tintoretto". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[Davies_1978-2] Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.

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