Tintoretto (crater)

{{short description|Crater on Mercury}}

{{Infobox crater data

| title = Tintoretto

| image = Mariner 10 image 0027389.png

| caption = Mariner 10 image with Tintoretto left of center

| globe = Mercury

| coordinates = {{coord|47.99|S|22.95|W|globe:mercury_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = {{cvt|94|km}}

| eponym = Tintoretto

}}

Tintoretto is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Italian painter Tintoretto.{{cite web |url = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6022 |title = Tintoretto |publisher = NASA |work = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |accessdate = 24 January 2020}} The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.{{Davies Dwornik Gault Strom 1978}}

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

File:Tintoretto crater EN0238827411M.jpg image]]

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Category:Impact craters on Mercury

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