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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Rajnis
Clean Name Rajnis
Feature ID 4930
Target Mercury
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 4.60 °
Southmost Latitude 4.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 94.90 °
Westmost Longitude 96.70 °
Diameter 82.00 km
Center Latitude 4.50 °
Center Longitude 95.80 °
Northmost Latitude 5.29 °
Southmost Latitude 3.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 95.19 °
Westmost Longitude 97.07 °
Diameter 79.70 km
Center Latitude 4.36 °
Center Longitude 96.13 °
Northmost Latitude 5.29 °
Southmost Latitude 3.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 95.28 °
Westmost Longitude 97.15 °
Diameter 80.00 km
Center Latitude 4.36 °
Center Longitude 96.21 °
Quad H-07 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1976
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latvia
Origin Ya; Latvian poet (1865-1925).
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 12, 2016 3:23 PM

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