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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rabelais
Clean Name Rabelais
Feature ID 4910
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -60.50 °
Southmost Latitude -61.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 59.00 °
Westmost Longitude 65.70 °
Diameter 141.00 km
Center Latitude -61.00 °
Center Longitude 62.40 °
Northmost Latitude -58.71 °
Southmost Latitude -62.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.20 °
Westmost Longitude 65.42 °
Diameter 154.00 km
Center Latitude -60.53 °
Center Longitude 61.81 °
Northmost Latitude -58.63 °
Southmost Latitude -62.25 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.17 °
Westmost Longitude 65.51 °
Diameter 154.29 km
Center Latitude -60.44 °
Center Longitude 61.84 °
Quad H-11 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Francois; French writer (c. 1483-1553).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:18 PM

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