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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Carnegie Rupes
Clean Name Carnegie Rupes
Feature ID 15130
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 59.99 °
Southmost Latitude 55.87 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.53 °
Westmost Longitude 57.65 °
Diameter 267.00 km
Center Latitude 58.52 °
Center Longitude 53.25 °
Northmost Latitude 60.22 °
Southmost Latitude 55.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 49.62 °
Westmost Longitude 57.60 °
Diameter 267.42 km
Center Latitude 58.52 °
Center Longitude 53.25 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 03, 2013
Continent North America
Culture United States
Origin American; iron-free vessel used to conduct magnetic surveys from 1909 to 1928.
Reference [297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Updated Oct 07, 2016 3:38 PM

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