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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Michelangelo
Clean Name Michelangelo
Feature ID 3881
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -45.00 °
Southmost Latitude -45.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 105.50 °
Westmost Longitude 112.60 °
Diameter 216.00 km
Center Latitude -45.00 °
Center Longitude 109.10 °
Northmost Latitude -42.11 °
Southmost Latitude -47.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 105.81 °
Westmost Longitude 113.75 °
Diameter 229.72 km
Center Latitude -44.92 °
Center Longitude 109.78 °
Northmost Latitude -42.20 °
Southmost Latitude -47.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 105.88 °
Westmost Longitude 113.50 °
Diameter 230.00 km
Center Latitude -44.92 °
Center Longitude 109.69 °
Quad H-12 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Buonarroti; Italian painter, sculptor and architect (1475-1564).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 11, 2016 4:24 PM

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