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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Beagle Rupes
Clean Name Beagle Rupes
Feature ID 14390
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.27 °
Southmost Latitude -7.41 °
Eastmost Longitude 253.73 °
Westmost Longitude 256.17 °
Diameter 630.00 km
Center Latitude -1.90 °
Center Longitude 258.89 °
Northmost Latitude 2.20 °
Southmost Latitude -7.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 253.70 °
Westmost Longitude 259.47 °
Diameter 630.00 km
Center Latitude -3.22 °
Center Longitude 259.24 °
Northmost Latitude 2.24 °
Southmost Latitude -7.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 253.59 °
Westmost Longitude 259.34 °
Diameter 630.89 km
Center Latitude -3.43 °
Center Longitude 259.28 °
Quad H-09 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 08, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin British; naval vessel aboard which Charles Darwin served as a naturalist on a surveying expedition, 1831-1836.
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 2:21 PM

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