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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Berlioz
Clean Name Berlioz
Feature ID 15186
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 79.73 °
Southmost Latitude 78.99 °
Eastmost Longitude 319.35 °
Westmost Longitude 323.33 °
Diameter 31.44 km
Center Latitude 79.36 °
Center Longitude 321.34 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 16, 2013
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Hector; French composer (1803-1869).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 06, 2017 9:24 AM

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