Balagtas is a crater on Mercury.
[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
Balagtas is named for the Filipino writer Francisco Balagtas, who lived from 1788 to 1862.
[2] Kenkō crater is to the west of Balagtas, and Hitomaro is to the north.
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