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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Terror Rupes
Clean Name Terror Rupes
Feature ID 15136
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -70.43 °
Southmost Latitude -72.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 269.02 °
Westmost Longitude 283.51 °
Diameter 229.62 km
Center Latitude -72.06 °
Center Longitude 275.69 °
Northmost Latitude -70.33 °
Southmost Latitude -72.97 °
Eastmost Longitude 269.14 °
Westmost Longitude 283.51 °
Diameter 229.62 km
Center Latitude -72.05 °
Center Longitude 276.43 °
Quad H-15 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 03, 2013
Continent Europe
Ethnicity England
Origin English; ship of discovery that took part in the Ross Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) and Franklin Arctic expedition (1845).
Reference [297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Updated Jun 03, 2013 12:43 PM

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