Tung Yüan (crater)
Appearance
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Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 75°01′N 62°50′W / 75.02°N 62.83°W |
Quadrangle | Borealis |
Diameter | 60.46 km |
Eponym | Tung Yüan |
Tung Yüan is a crater on Mercury, within the Borealis Planitia. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979, for the 10th century Chinese painter Tung Yüan.[1]
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Oblique view
References
[edit]- ^ "Tung Yüan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 3 March 2020.