Calvino (crater)

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Mosaic of MESSENGER NAC images focused on Calvino
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationKuiper quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates3°59′S 56°02′W / 3.99°S 56.03°W / -3.99; -56.03
Diameter67 km
EponymItalo Calvino

Calvino is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2016, after the Italian writer Italo Calvino.[1]

Calvino lies in the center of Sihtu Planitia, and Rūdaki crater is to the east.

  1. ^ Calvino, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)