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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Varma
Clean Name Varma
Feature ID 15146
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 80.95 °
Southmost Latitude 80.28 °
Eastmost Longitude 18.06 °
Westmost Longitude 22.32 °
Diameter 29.59 km
Center Latitude 80.62 °
Center Longitude 20.19 °
Northmost Latitude 80.40 °
Southmost Latitude 79.69 °
Eastmost Longitude 17.05 °
Westmost Longitude 20.90 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude 80.04 °
Center Longitude 18.97 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 18, 2013
Continent Asia
Culture India
Origin Raja Ravi; Indian painter (1848-1906).
Reference [306] - Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922, by Partha Mitter: Cambridge, 1994.
Updated Oct 14, 2016 10:24 AM

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