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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alver
Clean Name Alver
Feature ID 15097
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -65.18 °
Southmost Latitude -68.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 277.85 °
Westmost Longitude 286.95 °
Diameter 151.49 km
Center Latitude -66.97 °
Center Longitude 282.40 °
Northmost Latitude -65.18 °
Southmost Latitude -68.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 278.20 °
Westmost Longitude 287.30 °
Diameter 151.49 km
Center Latitude -66.97 °
Center Longitude 282.75 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 15, 2013
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Estonia
Origin Betti; Estonian poet (1906-1989).
Reference [289] - Reader's Encyclopedia of Eastern European Literature, edited by Robert B. Pynsent and Sonia I. Kanikova: HarperCollins, New York, 1993.
Updated Mar 15, 2013 7:12 AM

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