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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Enterprise Rupes
Clean Name Enterprise Rupes
Feature ID 15133
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -28.67 °
Southmost Latitude -38.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.97 °
Westmost Longitude 293.84 °
Diameter 822.39 km
Center Latitude -36.54 °
Center Longitude 283.46 °
Northmost Latitude -28.67 °
Southmost Latitude -38.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.77 °
Westmost Longitude 293.84 °
Diameter 822.39 km
Center Latitude -36.54 °
Center Longitude 283.46 °
Quad H-14 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 03, 2013
Continent North America
Ethnicity United States
Origin American; steamship that explored the Mississippi, Amazon, and Madeira Rivers and sailed on a worldwide hydrographic survey 1877 to 1886.
Reference [299] - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, ed. by James L. Mooney: Naval History Center, 1991.
Updated Jun 03, 2013 12:29 PM

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