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Sōtatsu (crater)

Sōtatsu is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Japanese artist Tawaraya Sōtatsu. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.

The craters Tintoretto and Po Ya are to the northwest of Sōtatsu.

MESSENGER image

References

  1. ^ "Sōtatsu". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN 978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.