Caravaggio (crater)

Caravaggio

MESSENGER NAC image, acquired on third flyby in September 2009
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	3°11′N 272°46′W / 3.18°N 272.76°W / 3.18; -272.76Coordinates: 3°11′N 272°46′W / 3.18°N 272.76°W / 3.18; -272.76
Quadrangle	Eminescu
Diameter	185 km
Eponym	Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio

Caravaggio is a large crater on Mercury. The crater was named after the Italian painter Caravaggio by the IAU in 2013.^[1]

Caravaggio is one of many peak-ring basins on Mercury.

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  WAC mosaic

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  NAC mosaic at low sun angle

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  Approximate color image

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