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 Mosaic of MESSENGER NAC images focused on Calvino | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
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| Location | Kuiper quadrangle, Mercury |
| Coordinates | 3°59′S 56°02′W / 3.99°S 56.03°W / -3.99; -56.03 |
| Diameter | 67 km |
| Eponym | Italo Calvino |
Calvino is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2016, after the Italian writer Italo Calvino.
Calvino lies in the center of Sihtu Planitia, and Rūdaki crater is to the east.
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Mariner 10 image of Calvino and vicinity
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Calvino crater at center of each image. The left image was created by combining WAC images from three narrow-band color filters to approximate Mercury's color as it would be seen by the human eye. The right image used a statistical analysis of all 11 WAC filters to highlight subtle color differences on the surface.
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Mosaic of MESSENGER NAC images. Some hollows are visible on the central peak complex.
References
- Calvino, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
- "MESSENGER: MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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