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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Donelaitis
Clean Name Donelaitis
Feature ID 15098
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -52.90 °
Southmost Latitude -52.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 321.50 °
Westmost Longitude 321.50 °
Diameter 84.50 km
Center Latitude -52.90 °
Center Longitude 321.50 °
Northmost Latitude -51.95 °
Southmost Latitude -53.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 319.93 °
Westmost Longitude 323.23 °
Diameter 85.00 km
Center Latitude -52.96 °
Center Longitude 321.58 °
Quad H-14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 15, 2013
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Lithuania
Origin Kristijonas; Lithuanian poet (1714-1780).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 11, 2016 11:35 AM

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