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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Seuss
Clean Name Seuss
Feature ID 14972
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.37 °
Southmost Latitude 7.08 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.00 °
Westmost Longitude 327.51 °
Diameter 63.5010 km
Center Latitude 7.73 °
Center Longitude 326.76 °
Northmost Latitude 8.42 °
Southmost Latitude 6.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.06 °
Westmost Longitude 327.61 °
Diameter 64.00 km
Center Latitude 7.65 °
Center Longitude 326.84 °
Quad H-10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Apr 24, 2012
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin Theodor Seuss Geisel; American author and cartoonist (1904-1991).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 13, 2016 10:34 AM

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