Sōtatsu is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, after the Japanese artist Tawaraya Sōtatsu.[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.[2]

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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dtatsu_(crater)
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