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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name La Dauphine Rupes
Clean Name La Dauphine Rupes
Feature ID 15234
Target Mercury
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


MESSENGER Team
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 69.11 °
Southmost Latitude 63.71 °
Eastmost Longitude 26.62 °
Westmost Longitude 29.83 °
Diameter 252.00 km
Center Latitude 66.30 °
Center Longitude 26.62 °
Quad H-01 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 12, 2014
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin French; royal ship used for a voyage in search of the eastern coast of Asia, determined that North America was not an extension of Asia, 1524.
Reference [297] - Ships of Discovery and Exploration, by Lincoln P. Paine: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2000.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:25 PM

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