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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mendes Pinto
Clean Name Mendes Pinto
Feature ID 3838
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -61.30 °
Southmost Latitude -61.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 12.50 °
Westmost Longitude 23.20 °
Diameter 214.00 km
Center Latitude -61.30 °
Center Longitude 17.80 °
Northmost Latitude -59.42 °
Southmost Latitude -63.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 13.09 °
Westmost Longitude 22.09 °
Diameter 192.21 km
Center Latitude -61.65 °
Center Longitude 17.58 °
Northmost Latitude -59.42 °
Southmost Latitude -63.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 13.09 °
Westmost Longitude 22.09 °
Diameter 192.00 km
Center Latitude -61.65 °
Center Longitude 17.57 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Portugal
Origin F.; Portuguese prose author (c. 1510-1583).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:23 PM

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