Giuseppe Verdi - Verdi Crater - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 46.151 W 122° 28.098
10S E 546827 N 4180338
The Verdi Crater on Mercury is named after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.
Waymark Code: WM588V
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2008
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"Verdi is a relatively young crater on Mercury. Its extensive ejecta blanket and secondary crater field are superposed on plains materials and older craters." (
visit link) It's coordinates are 64.5° N, 169° W and it's 150km in diameter.
About the person: "Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (pronounced [d?u'z?p?e 'verdi] in Italian; October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, and "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata. Although his work was sometimes criticized for using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom and having a tendency toward melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition." (
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