Guido d'Arezzo (crater)

Guido d'Arezzo
}Oblique MESSENGER NAC image of Guido d'Arezzo
Feature typeImpact crater
LocationDiscovery quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates38°25′S 18°32′W / 38.41°S 18.53°W / -38.41; -18.53
Diameter58.0 km (36.0 mi)
EponymGuido of Arezzo
Part of Guido d'Arezzo crater at right. The small crater in upper left may have hollows on the rim.

Guido d'Arezzo is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 58 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Guido d'Arezzo is named for the Italian music theorist Guido of Arezzo, who lived from 990 to 1050.

The scarp Vostok Rupes cuts across Guido d'Arezzo and the unnamed crater to the northwest. The crater Matabei is to the southeast of Guido d'Arezzo.

References

  1. ^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
  2. ^ "Guido d'Arezzo". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 17 July 2022.


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