Monteverdi is a crater on Mercury with a diameter of 138 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, from the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, a crucial transitional figure between Renaissance and Baroque music. It is on the southern margin of Borealis Planitia, north of Rubens. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.
Monteverdi is a crater on Mercury with a diameter of 138 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, from the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, a crucial transitional figure between Renaissance and Baroque music. It is on the southern margin of Borealis Planitia, north of Rubens. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.
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