Sarmiento (crater) (original) (raw)
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Crater on Mercury
Crater on Mercury
Sarmiento
 MESSENGER NAC image at high sun angle |
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| Planet | Mercury |
| Coordinates | 29°16′S 189°35′W / 29.27°S 189.58°W / -29.27; -189.58 |
| Quadrangle | Neruda |
| Diameter | 95 km (152 mi) |
| Eponym | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento |
Sarmiento is below left of center in this MESSENGER NAC image
Sarmiento is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, and is named for the Argentine writer Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.[1]
- ^ "Sarmiento". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 16 August 2020.