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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Liang K'ai
Clean Name Liang K ai
Feature ID 3383
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -40.20 °
Southmost Latitude -40.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 180.70 °
Westmost Longitude 184.90 °
Diameter 140.00 km
Center Latitude -40.30 °
Center Longitude 182.80 °
Northmost Latitude -38.07 °
Southmost Latitude -41.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 182.16 °
Westmost Longitude 186.59 °
Diameter 144.95 km
Center Latitude -39.77 °
Center Longitude 184.38 °
Northmost Latitude -38.19 °
Southmost Latitude -41.58 °
Eastmost Longitude 181.95 °
Westmost Longitude 186.36 °
Diameter 145.00 km
Center Latitude -39.89 °
Center Longitude 184.16 °
Quad H-13 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity China
Origin Chinese painter (c. 1140-1210).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:42 PM

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