Sarmiento (crater)

Sarmiento

MESSENGER NAC image at high sun angle
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	29°16′S 189°35′W / 29.27°S 189.58°W / -29.27; -189.58Coordinates: 29°16′S 189°35′W / 29.27°S 189.58°W / -29.27; -189.58
Quadrangle	Neruda
Diameter	95 km
Eponym	Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Sarmiento is below left of center in this MESSENGER NAC image

Sarmiento is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, and is named for the Argentine writer Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.^[1]

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