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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Echegaray
Clean Name Echegaray
Feature ID 1707
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 42.70 °
Southmost Latitude 42.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 18.10 °
Westmost Longitude 20.20 °
Diameter 75.00 km
Center Latitude 42.70 °
Center Longitude 19.20 °
Northmost Latitude 44.41 °
Southmost Latitude 42.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.03 °
Westmost Longitude 21.06 °
Diameter 62.88 km
Center Latitude 43.67 °
Center Longitude 20.04 °
Northmost Latitude 44.22 °
Southmost Latitude 42.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.20 °
Westmost Longitude 21.23 °
Diameter 63.00 km
Center Latitude 43.48 °
Center Longitude 20.22 °
Quad H-02 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Europe
Culture Spain
Origin Jose; Spanish dramatist, Nobel laureate (1832-1916).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 11:55 AM

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