Gainsborough (crater)

Gainsborough
	MESSENGER WAC mosaic of Gainsborough
Feature type	Central-peak impact crater
Location	Neruda quadrangle, Mercury
Coordinates	35°44′S 184°31′W / 35.73°S 184.52°W
Diameter	95 km (59 mi)
Eponym	Thomas Gainsborough

Gainsborough is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 95 kilometers.^[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. Gainsborough is named for the English painter Thomas Gainsborough, who lived from 1727 to 1788.^[2]

To the south of Gainsborough is Liang Kʽai crater.

References

^ Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.
^ "Gainsborough". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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[1] Moore, Patrick (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. Institute of Physics Publishing. ISBN 0-7503-0620-3.

[2] "Gainsborough". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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v t e Thomas Gainsborough
Paintings	Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk (1748) Wooded Landscape with a Herdsman Seated (1748) Mr and Mrs Andrews (c. 1750) The Painter's Daughters Chasing a Butterfly (1757) Gypsy works (including The Gipsies et al.) The Harvest Wagon (c. 1767) The Blue Boy (c. 1770) Maria, Lady Eardley (c. 1770) Portrait of David Garrick (1770) Woman in Blue (c. 1770–1780) Portrait of Mrs Mary Graham (1777) Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield (1777–78) Mrs Elizabeth Moody with her sons Samuel and Thomas (c. 1780) Portrait of the Earl of Sandwich (1783) Mr and Mrs William Hallett (1785) The Market Cart (1786) Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1785–1787) Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) Cottage Door works (including The Woodcutter's Return et al.)
Museums	Gainsborough's House
Related	Humphrey Gainsborough (brother) Kitty (1945 film) Gainsborough (crater)