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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Piri Rupes
Clean Name Piri Rupes
Feature ID 15839
Target Pluto
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 37.62 °
Southmost Latitude 16.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 119.10 °
Westmost Longitude 98.70 °
Diameter 549.00 km
Center Latitude 27.13 °
Center Longitude 108.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date May 30, 2019
Continent Asia
Culture Ottoman
Origin Ahmed Muhiddin, also known as Piri Reis, Ottoman navigator and cartographer (c. 1470–1553). Author of one of the earliest existing world maps in 1513. His “Book of the Sea” (1521), containing 290 maps, was one of the most famous cartographical works of that period.
Reference [527] - Life and Works of Piri Reis: The Oldest Map of America, by Afetinan, Ayşe: Turkish Historical Society, 2008.
Updated May 31, 2019 4:27 PM

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