Mendes Pinto | |
Location: | Discovery quadrangle, Mercury |
Type: | Impact crater |
Coordinates: | -61.65°N -17.57°W |
Eponym: | Fernão Mendes Pinto |
Mendes Pinto is a crater on Mercury.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Mendes Pinto is named for the Portuguese adventurer Fernão Mendes Pinto, who lived from 1510 to 1583.[2]
Mendes Pinto is highly eroded by subsequent impacts. The southwest rim of Mendes Pinto is overlain by the crater Tsurayuki.