Mendes Pinto (crater)
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Mendes Pinto is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Mendes Pinto is named for the Portuguese adventurer Fernão Mendes Pinto, who lived from 1510 to 1583.[2]
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 61.65°S 17.57°W / -61.65; -17.57 |
Quadrangle | Discovery |
Diameter | 192 km (119 mi) |
Eponym | Fernão Mendes Pinto |
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Mendes Pinto is highly eroded by subsequent impacts. The southwest rim of Mendes Pinto is overlain by the crater Tsurayuki.