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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lu Hsun
Clean Name Lu Hsun
Feature ID 3495
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude 22.20 °
Westmost Longitude 24.50 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 0.00 °
Center Longitude 23.40 °
Northmost Latitude 1.16 °
Southmost Latitude -1.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.56 °
Westmost Longitude 24.83 °
Diameter 96.41 km
Center Latitude 0.03 °
Center Longitude 23.70 °
Northmost Latitude 1.12 °
Southmost Latitude -1.14 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.63 °
Westmost Longitude 24.90 °
Diameter 96.00 km
Center Latitude -0.01 °
Center Longitude 23.76 °
Quad H-06 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Asia
Culture China
Origin (Chou Shu-Jen); Chinese writer (1881-1936).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 3:58 PM

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