![]() MESSENGER NAC mosaic of Michelangelo, the namesake of theMichelangelo quadrangle | |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact basin |
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Location | Michelangelo quadrangle,Mercury |
Coordinates | 44°55′S109°41′W / 44.92°S 109.69°W /-44.92; -109.69 |
Diameter | 230 km |
Eponym | Michelangelo |
Michelangelo is a 230 km diameterimpact basin in theMichelangelo quadrangle ofMercury, which is named after this crater. The crater itself was named by the IAU in 1979 after theItalian painter, sculptor and architectMichelangelo.[1]
Michelangelo is one of 110peak ring basins on Mercury.[2]
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