Sarmiento (crater)

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Sarmiento
MESSENGER NAC image at high sun angle
PlanetMercury
Coordinates29°16′S 189°35′W / 29.27°S 189.58°W / -29.27; -189.58
QuadrangleNeruda
Diameter95 km (152 mi)
EponymDomingo 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]

References

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