Petrarch (crater)
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![]() Petrarch is the large crater to the lower left
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Diameter | 170 km |
Eponym | Petrarch |
Petrarch is a crater on Mercury at latitude -30, longitude 26.5. It is ~170 km in diameter. This crater is located within the distorted terrain on the opposite side of the planet from the Caloris Basin. It is named after Petrarch, the medieval Italian poet.
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