Renoir (crater)

Renoir
Renoir crater as seen by the MESSENGER spacecraft
Feature typePeak-ring impact basin
LocationKuiper quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates18°20′S 52°01′W / 18.34°S 52.01°W / -18.34; -52.01
Diameter220.0 km (136.7 mi)
EponymPierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir is a crater on the planet Mercury. Its name, after the French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.

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