Sarmiento (crater)

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Sarmiento
Sarmiento crater EN0248167835M.jpg
MESSENGER NAC image at high sun angle
Planet Mercury
Coordinates 29°16′S189°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 crater EN0213148422M.jpg
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]

References

  1. "Sarmiento". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 16 August 2020.